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Michel Renaud

Cooking I do out of necessity, but at least now I've actually learned to cook more elaborate stuff. Couldn't say that three years ago!

Reading - lots of that. My Kindle is loaded with books, and that's on top of some printed books I have on my reading list.

I'm trying to get exercise to be a regular thing. I've always walked a lot (and I don't own a car anymore, so 99% of my errands are done on foot), but I need to exercise the rest of the body.

I got back into plastic modelling three years ago but stopped a few months later after a health scare that kind of threw my mind off that kind of stuff. I have a bunch of unbuilt models that I should really get to.

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Cooking I do out of necessity, but at least now I've actually learned to cook more elaborate stuff. Couldn't say that three years ago!

It's an amazing skill to posses isn't it?
Out of all of them, that one instantly improves your quality of life.

Reading - lots of that. My Kindle is loaded with books

Any recommendations? I'm always open for new books

I got back into plastic modelling three years ago but stopped a few months later after a health scare that kind of threw my mind off that kind of stuff.

Oh no =/ I hope it wasn't anything serious, either way get well soon!

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Michel Renaud

I don't even notice what books I read - lol. For the past few years I've mostly been grabbing books from unknown authors with an interesting storyline on Amazon. They're often cheap or free, or the first one of a series is free to get you interested. Anything from crime or law thrillers to science-fiction. Come to think of it, if you like science-fiction, the Space Force series is really good. I've found that a lot of those unknown authors have nothing to envy bestselling authors (well, except the money they make, of course).

Health scare was pre-diabetes, which was scary because diabetes runs on my father's side of the family and I'm really not interested in having to deal with that. I kicked it off the curb after three months or so, but it's still a constant stress as I need to be more mindful of what I eat, exercising, etc.

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if you like science-fiction, the Space Force series is really good

I do and I saved that tip, thank you!

I've found that a lot of those unknown authors have nothing to envy bestselling authors (well, except the money they make, of course).

Completely agree, some of my favorite books were by somewhat unknown authors.

Health scare was pre-diabetes

Yikes! as it does on my father's side, I should probably get that checked out someday as well.