What to do when you are bored
@joyadalia (1408)
Philippines
August 23, 2010 4:40am CST
Most of us have experienced boredom at some point in our lives. We get bored after several days of rain. We get bored in a meeting led by a person with a monotonous voice. We get bored when we are left at home to do nothing but stare at the clock because the TV can't offer much.
Well, what do you do when you get bored?
As for me, I've been in between projects for a while so I get bored easily. I would finish all the household chores in the morning and don't have anything much to do in the afternoon. So, I took up cross stitching so that I will have something to keep me occupied when I get bored. 
How about you? Are there special things you do, too?
How about you? Are there special things you do, too?3 people like this
30 responses
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
23 Aug 10
Hi joyadalia
True that there are many occasions when we start feeling bored and need to do something to kill this boredom. When I am feeling bored I usually prefer to listen to some soft instrumental music and lie down on the bed. I am able to do this because of the fact that I stay at home and do almost all the work from home. This relaxes me and works on most of the occasions. But if this is unable to relieve me of my boredom, then I try to sit outside my house and try to do some deep breathing and enjoy the cooler breeze. ( I cannot do this in the day time so during the daytime, it is the music and the relaxation on the bed that helps).
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@RONDOLAWE (774)
• Indonesia
23 Aug 10
if i get bored i do this not refreshing no fishing or traveling but i get a view hours of sleeping and woke up go to the bath and hurry up go to swim pool but not really swim only sit in there and order food and driks waiting for friends and see alot of women in the pool and get to know thats me 
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
25 Aug 10
I can honestly say i dont know what boredom feels like. I keep busy all the time. Sometimes i have to ignor chores just to have some sims3 time. Then there are always hobbies and crafts. Places to go and people to talk to. If i fine a minute to recline i may have an accidental nap.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
25 Aug 10
I don’t remember the last time I felt bored! I almost always have so much to do and not enough time to feel bored! I love to read so, for me any spare time I do find I will spend reading or watching films. I have an eight year old to entertain and lots of pets in the house so I have plenty to keep me occupied!
@markamemory (264)
• India
23 Aug 10
I love to do gardening when i get bored, i like the feel of mud on my hands and it takes lot of time to clean the leaves and plant a new sap or trim the grass, i simple love gardening and it is also healthy habit as it get you outdoors and hence help yout to avoid myopia. I like to keep changing the plants every 4 months, so that everytime there are guests, they get to see something new.
@joyadalia (1408)
• Philippines
24 Aug 10
Wow! that's great. I sometimes tend our garden but is often too lazy to work hard 
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
24 Aug 10
I get bored easily also. I work on craft projects made with plastic canvas. Have made some really cute Sesame Street items for our grandkids. Lately I have been working on a firetruck bank since our daughter and son-in-law are both firefighters/paramedics. They have tons of friends who work in the same field also so it will be a fun idea when I am finished. I do things on the computer also to earn but really don't earn much. Also clean the house or do laundry so I keep busy.
@hmkoct5 (2065)
• United States
24 Aug 10
I have a few special things I like to do when I am bored. If I have the money, I like to go out to see movies. I love watching movies at the theater. I also rent movies when I am bored. Other things I like to do when I am bored include painting, baking, and singing with my karaoke machine. If the weather is nice, I also like to take long walks. I used to cross stitch. I haven't done that in a long time.
@gdesjardin (1918)
• United States
24 Aug 10
I usually get bored in the middle of the night when I can't fall asleep. I usually don't like to watch t.v. and I don't want to read because the having the light on would wake up my husband, not to mention I don't want to stay up any longer than possible. I usually play Free Cell on the computer, or sometimes I play Mafia Wars on Facebook.
@Picquarian (724)
• United States
24 Aug 10
I play games on the internet, read, watch tv or go for a walk.
@bystander (2292)
• Philippines
24 Aug 10
i pick brains when i'm bored... also, i follow the adage that bored minds are borne by indolent bodies...
@mauie0918 (337)
• Philippines
24 Aug 10
When I get bored especially for my free time, I always go to my friend's place downtown and accompany her in selling. It's a part time job for me! And in the afternoon at 4, I have to go home and have my online job till 11. But there are still time that I'm quite bored so i just listen to the radio, or sometimes watch movie.
@bratleads (75)
• India
24 Aug 10
i dont allow the boredom come in the way, i always keep my playlist on and after finishing all the households as u said, i do something in my garden, another best thing is pet after getting my little dog i never get bored bcos she always keeps me busy!! if u r real pet lover u can go for that u will have a company also with u in home when alone!!! they are the best
@Sphinx30 (286)
• Philippines
25 Aug 10
Well, When I get bored I do not let myself doing with nothing. I've been looking for something that would make myself busy like cleaning my house the whole day, playing games and even watching movies...in that manner i could not feel so much boredom.
@derek_a (10874)
•
24 Aug 10
For many years I have been meditating every day. This involves just sitting and focusing on my in-breath and out-breath and excluding all other thouhts - that is stilling the mind.
I used to ge bored and not know what to do with myself. But this is something that never happens to me any more, as I can just still my mind and focus on the here and now - this very moment. This is all we have, and it will be gone as soon as we focus on it, and we will certainly never have this moment back again. 
_Derek
_Derek
@mothevasureddy (103)
• India
24 Aug 10
hi when i get bored i start browsing,chatting some time play games
@ankches (26)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 10
i dont have special things to do , when i get bored. i just keep inside my mind that everything has their own reason. God work a mysterious way. each step in our life its for our best result. who exactly know our need than GOD. even our self sometime doesnt know what we need.
so, let it flow ! when you get bored, find something else to do. or get some sleep, if you can. at least, we can have time for rest. hehehe...
@gmarchana (16)
• India
24 Aug 10
This is a real fact that if human is continously engaged in some work or in communiucating with others , then they get bored easily .I mostly keep myself engaged in performing different tasks, sometimes i may work in kitchen and sometimes in hall or else i will hear different songs and i will perform some more entertaining tasks for my time being... automatically i get entertained...
@inhadkaka (5)
•
24 Aug 10
When I get bored i go to imagined my future life with my dreams and adding something new in my dreams.Like this i refresh my mind and increase my attitude energy to do my work at the earliest time.my main hobby is dreaming about future
