being bored seems like a theme for me in the last few weeks. Football season is only 3 months away...
very bored today
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How to Beat Boredom
1. Get in touch with your friends. If they're away, make new ones. Ask your friends if they know anyone who's going to stick around for the summer, get their numbers, call them up and say "I'm a friend of ______. He/she told me you were going to be around this summer. Wanna hang out?"
2. Ride a bike! Go swimming! Try not to stay inside all day, you'll just get even more depressed because there's no action going on and the chemicals being sent to your brain are all negative. Of course it's more complicated than that, but think about it, has just sitting around ever merited anything good?
3. Go to the beach or the pool. Play Marco/Polo and have chicken fights, where people sit on each other's shoulders and try to knock each other off. Have swimming races. Do underwater acrobatics.
4. Make cold, refreshing smoothies. Try different, even wacky combinations. Make an afternoon out of it: Go to the supermarket and buy weird, interesting ingredients like ketchup and pistachios. Experiment. Make a gross smoothie and dare your friends to drink it.
5. Have a barbecue. Eat burgers, hot dogs, and iced tea. Play bingo on the porch. Have everyone bring in cool prizes that you can compete for.
6. Go camping! If you can't go to a campsite, try your own backyard. Get a tent and tell spooky stories. Have someone you know and trust sneak up on your tent and scare the heck out of your friends!
7. Keep your mind active. Solve puzzles, organize and clean, and learn new things (summer is an excellent time to get a head start on the next term). Studies have shown that your I.Q. drops significantly during long sessions of limited use, such as wasting time in an internet sports forum.
8. Tape you and your friends/family reenacting your favorite movie.
9. Do craft if you are alone. Make a scrapbook of your friends!
10. Talk to a pet. Spill your most embarrassing or well kept secrets. Make sure no one is around to hear!
11. Daydream about your crush.
12. Organize your room. Make it bright and fun to be in.
13. See how many kinds of different wild flowers you can find in your yard. Make a bouquet. Be sure no one planted them!!
14. Plan a summer party. Invite some friends over, get some water balloons, a radio, and bring lots of food! Great way to have fun.
15. Try spending some time with your parents. This may seem totally dorky, but trust me, it can be really fun. Ask your Dad to play catch in the park, or take your Mom to the spa for some manicures and facials! Try not to totally neglect them over the summer, and try to be nice!
16. Paint your room. If your walls aren't looking that great, go out, buy some posters, picture frames, etc. Ask your parents if you can paint your room, and pick a cool color that you adore and are SURE that you will like it for at least a couple years.
17. Update your wardrobe (LOL!). Sort through your clothes, and pick out the ones that you don't want/are too small for you. Have a garage sale with some friends, and ask them to bring some clothes/other items they don't want. Sell as much as you can, and whatever doesn't sell, give it to charity. With the money you earned, go to your favorite shop and buy some cute clothes.
18. Read old magazines. A simple, but fun way to find ideas on what to do.
19. Try to go to Six Flags, or an amusement park over the summer at least once. This is a really fun way to turn a boring summer day into a roller-coaster marathon!
20. Get a summer job. This will help a lot because it gives you something to do.
21. Also spending time with your dog, if you have one is a great spending of time. Often they are awesome to talk to about how bored you feel, since often they feel pretty bored themselves. Take them for walks (great way to loose weight, get a tan, and probably meet some new people), play in the yard, etc.
22. Grab a pair of binoculars and go bird watching. Start a journal and list what kind of bird you found, where you found it, and the date the bird was seen. If you are more of an artsy person, you can sketch a picture of the bird.
1. Get in touch with your friends. If they're away, make new ones. Ask your friends if they know anyone who's going to stick around for the summer, get their numbers, call them up and say "I'm a friend of ______. He/she told me you were going to be around this summer. Wanna hang out?"
2. Ride a bike! Go swimming! Try not to stay inside all day, you'll just get even more depressed because there's no action going on and the chemicals being sent to your brain are all negative. Of course it's more complicated than that, but think about it, has just sitting around ever merited anything good?
3. Go to the beach or the pool. Play Marco/Polo and have chicken fights, where people sit on each other's shoulders and try to knock each other off. Have swimming races. Do underwater acrobatics.
4. Make cold, refreshing smoothies. Try different, even wacky combinations. Make an afternoon out of it: Go to the supermarket and buy weird, interesting ingredients like ketchup and pistachios. Experiment. Make a gross smoothie and dare your friends to drink it.
5. Have a barbecue. Eat burgers, hot dogs, and iced tea. Play bingo on the porch. Have everyone bring in cool prizes that you can compete for.
6. Go camping! If you can't go to a campsite, try your own backyard. Get a tent and tell spooky stories. Have someone you know and trust sneak up on your tent and scare the heck out of your friends!
7. Keep your mind active. Solve puzzles, organize and clean, and learn new things (summer is an excellent time to get a head start on the next term). Studies have shown that your I.Q. drops significantly during long sessions of limited use, such as wasting time in an internet sports forum.
8. Tape you and your friends/family reenacting your favorite movie.
9. Do craft if you are alone. Make a scrapbook of your friends!
10. Talk to a pet. Spill your most embarrassing or well kept secrets. Make sure no one is around to hear!
11. Daydream about your crush.
12. Organize your room. Make it bright and fun to be in.
13. See how many kinds of different wild flowers you can find in your yard. Make a bouquet. Be sure no one planted them!!
14. Plan a summer party. Invite some friends over, get some water balloons, a radio, and bring lots of food! Great way to have fun.
15. Try spending some time with your parents. This may seem totally dorky, but trust me, it can be really fun. Ask your Dad to play catch in the park, or take your Mom to the spa for some manicures and facials! Try not to totally neglect them over the summer, and try to be nice!
16. Paint your room. If your walls aren't looking that great, go out, buy some posters, picture frames, etc. Ask your parents if you can paint your room, and pick a cool color that you adore and are SURE that you will like it for at least a couple years.
17. Update your wardrobe (LOL!). Sort through your clothes, and pick out the ones that you don't want/are too small for you. Have a garage sale with some friends, and ask them to bring some clothes/other items they don't want. Sell as much as you can, and whatever doesn't sell, give it to charity. With the money you earned, go to your favorite shop and buy some cute clothes.
18. Read old magazines. A simple, but fun way to find ideas on what to do.
19. Try to go to Six Flags, or an amusement park over the summer at least once. This is a really fun way to turn a boring summer day into a roller-coaster marathon!
20. Get a summer job. This will help a lot because it gives you something to do.
21. Also spending time with your dog, if you have one is a great spending of time. Often they are awesome to talk to about how bored you feel, since often they feel pretty bored themselves. Take them for walks (great way to loose weight, get a tan, and probably meet some new people), play in the yard, etc.
22. Grab a pair of binoculars and go bird watching. Start a journal and list what kind of bird you found, where you found it, and the date the bird was seen. If you are more of an artsy person, you can sketch a picture of the bird.
this time of year sucks here in Houston, hot, humid and miserable. I love to play golf, but on a public course around here it is a 6 hour round. I also hate this time of year because I am waiting for football. I will get through it, just waiting for the fall.
