What to do when i'm bored?

I go to work and come home and eat watch tv, come on is it normal then go to bed.
I don't have any hobbies and I only see my BF once a week on Saturday (he works out of town).
I get so bored, I don't like going out drinking,parties are not much fun (I'm shy) sometimes I go to the library. I am not sporty either.
What does everyone else do? I have compiled a list but they are only guesses.

I do craft work 8
I paint/draw 25
I like being around people 15
I like shopping 13
I like being outdoors, hiking etc 14
I like playing/walking with my dog 7
I like going out drinking 16
I have fun with my friends 16
I like watching/playing sport 12
Your choice 42
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Comments ( 27 )
  • littlemissunderstood

    I think one of the mistakes people make (myself included) is to expect to automatically feel like doing something. Now for some people it is just that easy. I am not one of those people. If you want to know what to do when bored, you are probably also not one of those people. The trick is to just start something, and by something I mean just about anything (it could be fucking cleaning your room, doesn't really matter), and start by forcing yourself to do it. Once you start the task (and start with easy but productive steps like, I don't know, picking up the sirty underwear and transferring them to the hamper) you will start to get involved and feel motivated and naturally less bored, and from there you can even do more things until you get actually tired at which point I reccomend sleeping.
    The reason why people have trouble with this is that there are so many automatic, instant-gratification fixes for boredom. You could flip on the tv, eat a brownie (magic or not), or....visit this website. The problem occurs when you either a) get sick of your automatic-gratification activities, b) decide you need to stop doing so much of them, c) someone else decides you need to stop doing so much of them and proceeds to stop you or c) any combination of the above.
    Mind you, if you are still hooked on instant-gratification solutions (which you probably are if you are on this site, in a post about boredom specifically) you probably took one look at this entry, figured it would take at least two minutes to read, and moved on to the next post/website/whatever, and thus I am wasting my time...well, I suppose I'm really not because I enjoy putting these phenomenons into words, which is sort of why I want to be a psychologist (I figured the personal anecdote was ok, you know, since it is extremely probable that no one will read this.

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    • I read it and I found it interesting. Thanks for posting and good luck with your studies.

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  • bleach_baby

    smoke weed

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  • Mitsyrules

    Video games...surf the net...study...play with my animals. You can try taking up a craft such as sewing or something like that.

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  • hiipp

    Smoke some weed.

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  • soft789

    at first smoke weed, and after this masturbate, and later smoke weed again, and then smoke w.....

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  • imacomputer

    go on a killing spree?

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  • Uzzie101

    Internet, music, reading, writing...
    these are the sort of things people do when they're busy doing something, not when they're bored. If you go out drinking when you're bored, you have a fucking problem!

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  • pixie_dust

    start googling linux and learn how to use it!! (u wont regret it)

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    • oh thank you i will have a look.

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      • pixie_dust

        and plus linux itself is free!! I love it!!

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      • pixie_dust

        u can have windows installed and linux simultaneously. what's really cool is that most everything for linux is free, plus u don't need anti-virus, plus u don't need to worry about BS getting on ur system to slow it down. soooo many advantages!! it's just a matter of googling and learning how to do everything ur used to doing on a windows format

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  • germima8910

    i swim 6 times a week

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  • randypete

    Smoke some weed sex

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  • "RoCkChic"

    Surf the net,jam with my guitar,cook,walk my doggy and search me on youtube and comment daisyquiroga

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    • Keep jamming Girlz Rock!!!

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  • finnegan

    hula hoop, watch youtube videos, and play with dogggggggg

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  • OvejaNegra

    Take dance lessons! You won't regret it!

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  • Clean in the nude with the drapes open

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  • Bikerchick

    Ride a motorcycle in season, bicycle or walk anytime, photography, and the Wii.

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    • Dudascious

      I would have thought that a motorcycle would be too bitchy to ride when it's in season.....sorry.

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  • ApplePassion

    I ride horses, or play the computer.

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  • PurpleMelon

    I think you people are listing the things that you do when you have free time, not when bored.

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  • Laddie2468

    I like to bake and or listen to music and draw. Gaming out is fun too

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  • skeletonman92

    People are still saying that? That's really stupid.

    I'm i kind of the same situation though so i'd like to see the results

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  • timebobbu

    1980 called, it wants its poll back..

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    • 2010 (just) answered that's funny.

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