Lesson 3 - Dealing With Boredom

We've all been there before, and I find myself dealing with it more and more now that I've gotten settled in at my new place of residency. Boredom is defined as a state of being weary and restless through lack of interest. I am bored because there is simply nothing left to do around the house, my clothes are all hung up, my books in the bookshelves, socks in the sock drawer and underwear in the underwear drawer. I've cleaned, and that's what had been keeping me going, but there is simply nothing left to clean. I realize that boredom is a state of mind, not a state of being. If you are bored it's only because you think you're bored. Today I'm going to go over how you can make being bored not so boring using a good old fashioned list of things to do(writing this list from my perspective, which means that if you are in a situation like myself you will have few friends to hang out with, if any, no job, no car, a small amount of money, no school).


- http://www.stumbleupon.com I guarantee this will solve hours of boredom. It'll make you laugh, cry, get smarter and do just about anything else.

- Get a job! Clearly if you have nothing to do you should be putting that time towards making some money so you can afford to have things to do. So get out there and get some job applications!

- Go to the beach/park/somewhere outside. Bring a book just in case there's no one to talk to.

- Read a book you've been meaning to read. If you don't have a book you want to read than you should start looking into that.

- Catch up with an old friend. This only works if they're pretty bored too.

- Get High? Not really... well maybe...

- Get into a new hobby. Play Magic, start working out, start writing that book you've always wanted to write.

- Just Get Out! Go get coffee somewhere and start talking to someone, maybe get a new friend.

- Watch movies. This site http://www.movies-links.tv/ has movies you can watch for free, no download and no paying.

- Learn how to play a musical instrument. Most households have an acoustic guitar or piano or keyboard lying around somewhere, and there's plenty of websites that can give you free lessons to get you started.

-Make a blog. Write about whatever you want.

- I'm going to repeat this one because it's actually your best bet on solving all of your boredom problems.. Get out and make some friends.

Being bored is a terrible punishment to inflict on yourself. Being bored leads to being sad, and no one wants to hang out with a boring sad person. So don't let yourself become that person. Being bored also makes it really hard to concentrate on anything, which is why I'm having so much difficulty writing this blog. I'll get back to you later with something new and less boring. Stop getting bored people!