do you ever get tired from doing nothing?

@greygoo (795)
Philippines
October 21, 2010 10:01am CST
i've always complained about the hard work and stress that i have to face everyday in the university, but now that i'm at home in the province for a 2-week vacation i feel a bit bored. i guess i'm not really tired of all the monotony or tired of doing nothing yet, but i just might feel that in the next few days. life in the province is just too slow. before coming home, i thought that the life in the university was to fast. ugh, funny how we tend to want something we don't have; or not knowing what we really want in the first place. *sigh*
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@ravend (658)
• Malta
21 Oct 10
I felt that way when I returned from university. Now I have settled down to a calm life where I can just be. :)
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
oh that's good to hear. maybe i'd have to settle with the busy life in the university for now, and feel this boredom everytime i leave school. and then as soon as i start working, maybe my normal days wouldn't be as busy, so my vacations here would truly feel more like rest than boredom.
@ravend (658)
• Malta
22 Oct 10
Ye. Life is weird... you'll be a freshman all over again.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
oh i don't want to think of it that way... i hate being a freshie...
• Singapore
22 Oct 10
Just relax and enjoy the quiet days. You will soon go back to the university and start the busy life again, why not enjoy the slow days while you can? When you start work, there are even lesser chance of having times like this. When I was in school last time, during holidays, sometimes I will feel guilty for letting the days go by without doing anything productive. Now when I think back, I miss those days very much. I can't have those leisurely times anymore. Appreciate and enjoy what you have now.
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@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
yeah that's a good point. we always tend to look for what we don't have, all the while ignoring what actually we have. i've made up my mind. i'll clean my mom's closet, play some music with my guitar, and then read~ i haven't read any novel lately because i had loads of textbooks to keep me busy. i guess i can finally finish Orwell now~
• Singapore
25 Oct 10
Looks like you have found something to keep yourself occupied~~ :)
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
1 Nov 10
hahaXD i'm done with the closet but not with the book. i'm flying back to school tomorrow... vacation's over for me. i wouldn't be worrying about what to do anymore; i'll definitely get loads of stuff to accomplish. i'm not sure i like it, but i'm going anyway.o_O
@sumanadep (1228)
• India
22 Oct 10
No I don't think so.. I will not get tired from doing nothing.. I will get bored but not tired with this... I too like to be actively do some or the other thing.. I like to be busy with any thing..
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@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
so you're making a distinction between 'tired' and 'bored'. well they are two different things. but really, doing nothing can be exhaustingly boring...
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
21 Oct 10
It's easier than you think to become tired from doing nothing. it takes more energy to do nothing than to be busy doing something. it may not seem possible, but it can happen.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
well it sure is happening to me. hahaXD
@garson (884)
• United States
1 Nov 10
For those of us living in US, the average vacation for working people is horribly two weeks. Is that enough? Anyway, I hope you like what you do. If you are busy, you should be blessed, while lots of people out there are hoping to get busy.
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@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
1 Nov 10
oh i also had a 2-week vacation (though i'm not from the US). that's so true. maybe instead of complaining about having too much free time, i should enjoy it. it does run out too. hahaXD thanks for dropping by~
@kerrina (104)
• Canada
22 Oct 10
i can never get tired of doing nothing. im just lazy like that. but it can get retarded .. so i like to smoke or scrap book or maybe hang outw tih friends at school :D don't keep your self unoccupied tho because if your an old person and ur retired and do nothing, u die faster!
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@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
hahaXD i'm not really old yet. maybe that's why i easily get bored. hanging out with friends is good, but most of my friends aren't home. some are busy preparing for exams blah blah blah. they have lots of excuses alright. so i'm stuck at home. i'm trying to bond with my sister, but her laziness irritates me a lot. *sigh* i feel like i'm here for the sole purpose of scolding her. but i don't really like that. ugh.
• Philippines
21 Oct 10
Interesting topic I was very busy during my college years especially the last semester of my senior year because we were going to class all day, 7 days/week. It was very tiring and stressful. After graduation, the first thing I did was rest, really rest. Right now, I just finished a 3-month review program at a review center for an exam. I won't be taking the exam for a few months yet so I'm stuck at home. I still have to study but I am taking this whole week as a vacation before doing my home studies. Although I've wanted to try lots of things that I wasn't able to do during those 3 months, I just don't have the energy to do stuff and I end up doing the same things everyday. I watch TV, switch to laptop, watch TV, switch to laptop, and so on. Since these are nonproductive activities, I guess the tiredness of doing nothing relates to having no sense of accomplishment for that day. I'm not much of a reader and so I never thought I'd say this, but I would like next week to begin already so I continue studying and be more productive.
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@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
yeah, i guess it's the lack of accomplishment and purpose that makes this vacation boring. it's just weird. i few weeks ago i loathed deadlines, but i now, i'm sort of looking for them. *sigh* i should look for something to do. and maybe continue with my reading too.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
i would easily tire from doing nothing. i always want to be active and do something. maybe we tend to want what we don't have. we always realize the importance of something when we do not have it.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
yup that's so true~ *sigh* this is a bad attitude we have.
@delkar (1712)
• Romania
22 Oct 10
I`m in master now, and jobless, and it`s so boring ! It really hurts me this boring . I would prefere to work all day ,and then go to classes and after home , instead of staying home and doing pretty much nothing and then just go to classes and after that back home . I used to have an active life and every day i used to be all the time busy .
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
it seems so exhausting to do nothing. *sigh* i hope you find a job or whatever you're looking for~
@pogi253 (1596)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
doing nothing is OK for a while if I've been so busy and I'm stressed. After a while doing nothing drives me nuts. I need a lot of activity or input to keep my brain engaged. If you're doing nothing then you're not spending any energy.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
hahaXD yup doing nothing is temporarily fun~ i actually feel more weak whenever i'm idle. maybe it's safe to say that it drains energy???
• Jamaica
23 Oct 10
Doing make one more tired than doing alot of stuff. My mind often drift into day dreaming and i sometimes end up being depress by the end of the day. When you are not functioning you are actually not using up your muscles and that makes you more carefree and eventually becomes lazy. You will find that sometimes people get sick from just doing nothing because being active keeps the individual healthy. When you are too complacent you sometimes lack the energy to do the things you once use to do.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
yeah i'm actually more tired whenever i do nothing. i super hate that feeling. i guess i'll go swimming today for a change.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
22 Oct 10
Well i only get tired when i do nothing. Even when i am doing something i don't feel tired at all. Doing nothing just makes me mad and then i try to sleep to pass my time. But i hate to do nothing. I think doing nothing is really boring. Harry, :-)
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
hahaXD ok i got it, you hate doing nothing~ haha:D sometimes, i love doing nothing; sometimes, i don't. maybe it depends on where i am. if i'm in school, i prefer doing nothing; but if i'm at home, i guess i'll have to look for something to do, unless i want to be nagged at~ hahaXD
@pt2586 (47)
• Vietnam
22 Oct 10
i'm stress also during the time i'm finding a new job,at home, do nothing, waiting. terrible
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
oh that does sound terrible; even more terrible than my kind of boredom. i hope you find a new job~ good luck~
• India
22 Oct 10
that is true that is what is called active people when they work they feel drained but when they have to sit at home they get bored and feel the time has stopped this also happen with a lot of people
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
yup, sure is happening to me. it's a bad attitude we people have.
• China
22 Oct 10
To be honest,I really dislike the feelings that have nothing to do,I'd rather quite busy with my work or other business than just have nothing to do,yes,sometimes i also expect for holidays but i hope don't beyond one week,few days enough for me to refresh myself from busy life.I really scared to sit there and don't know what i should do next,that really make me feel life is too bored to live,you know?After a long day work,i may feel quite exhausted sometimes but if i sit there just daydreaming,i'd rather die...He he he...Making myself busy have many ways as long as not feeling bored,that's enough...
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
hahaXD i guess you're kind of a workaholic then. i lean a bit towards that direction too~ maybe that's why i find uneventful days dreadfully boring. but i'm doing well here~ vacation isn't so bad~
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 10
Hi, SOmetimes I do feel tired when I have nothing to do. It is kinda of boring and I just need to have something in hand to occupy myself. I prefer to get myself busy,then the time will past faster. Doing nothing is just like wasting my time for nothing. That is why I prefer to do MyLot in my free time,at least my brain and hand are busy working at the same time.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
i'm not actually sure if i want time to run faster... hahaXD yup i spend some time per day to come online, to keep myself updated somehow. but i don't want to use up so much time online. i think live human interaction is more rewarding. hahaXD
• China
22 Oct 10
people have to do something when he or she is alive. no anyone who like to do anything , but just do what you want to do , so this is life.however you will feel unhappy if you do nothing . and one should do something then the world will be ok so you can deal with well with the people around you . i think so . good luck .
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
hahaXD i will do something alright. i'll be reading for sure~^_^
• China
22 Oct 10
i have the same case with you. i alway from my high school for a long time. because i have to deal with the exam that different to school.i have to learn by myself and go to the other country to have exam. and i really miss my classmates. when i was in high school for the first two years, i really wanted to have a long vacation. but now i just want to go to school and study with them but i can't. so what i can do is enjoy the life i have now.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
oh it must've been hard to get separated from your friends. it's really hard to leave something you're already used to, may it be close friends or a busy life. yeah, what we can do is to make the most of what we have. i hope you're doing well~
@haruki00 (50)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
yes I do.. I've been a bum for past 6 months and Im getting bored. currently looking for a job but no luck so far
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
oh that's really sad to hear. i'll be graduating next april, and it seems like the job market isn't something i could look forward to. *sigh* i hope you find the job you're looking for~ goodluck on your job hunting~