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I saw this topic in another forum and it got me started thinking about how I handle boredom. I live alone in a small studio apartment. The complex where I live doesn't have cable available at all so I have rabbit ears and netfix and hulu plus and that seems to be somewhat entertaining but a lot of times I just can't find anything I'm interested in.
I have a 47 inch hd tv and 60 movies that I have all seen so many times. I have no family and no one to talk to and were it not for chatting with a very good friend I think I would go crazy I'm bipolar and I used to lead a very busy life under very stressful conditions I was miserable all the time and I'm trying to find a job now as much to get out of the house than having the money but I don't know what that will be like because I don't handle stress in the workplace well.
I don't really know though if that's really the issue because I can get bored and lonely in a room full of people that love me. I think some of you that lead really busy lives with young children would envy me at times but I've been busy and I've been through times like right now when I have way too much free time on my hands and neither one of them is easy. I know many of you are going to think that I should just get out and meet pple but I don't have a car and the buses here are expensive and it's really really hot right now and I just don't want to sit out in the heat at a bus stop I would be all smelly and sweaty when I got to where I was going and I don't feel comfortable being around pple that way.
Ok I'm really starting to ramble so I will cut this short and just ask if you have any experience with this and could give me some Ideas on how you handle this sort of thing and yes I have a shelf full of books and I have started and given up on all of them because I just don't find them that interesting and I just get bored all over again but maybe if I find the right book. This may not be a very interesting post but I think other pple can help me with this. So anyway what's your experience and what you do when you are idle and find yourself bored. I have a really terrific friend and we chat a lot but sometimes she has other things to do and we live three hours apart and she usually goes to be long before I do. What do you think?
I have a 47 inch hd tv and 60 movies that I have all seen so many times. I have no family and no one to talk to and were it not for chatting with a very good friend I think I would go crazy I'm bipolar and I used to lead a very busy life under very stressful conditions I was miserable all the time and I'm trying to find a job now as much to get out of the house than having the money but I don't know what that will be like because I don't handle stress in the workplace well.
I don't really know though if that's really the issue because I can get bored and lonely in a room full of people that love me. I think some of you that lead really busy lives with young children would envy me at times but I've been busy and I've been through times like right now when I have way too much free time on my hands and neither one of them is easy. I know many of you are going to think that I should just get out and meet pple but I don't have a car and the buses here are expensive and it's really really hot right now and I just don't want to sit out in the heat at a bus stop I would be all smelly and sweaty when I got to where I was going and I don't feel comfortable being around pple that way.
Ok I'm really starting to ramble so I will cut this short and just ask if you have any experience with this and could give me some Ideas on how you handle this sort of thing and yes I have a shelf full of books and I have started and given up on all of them because I just don't find them that interesting and I just get bored all over again but maybe if I find the right book. This may not be a very interesting post but I think other pple can help me with this. So anyway what's your experience and what you do when you are idle and find yourself bored. I have a really terrific friend and we chat a lot but sometimes she has other things to do and we live three hours apart and she usually goes to be long before I do. What do you think?
I do have 2 kids, but they're back in school, so I have quite a few hours in the day to fill....and they're getting older and are pretty self sufficient, so I don't have to do everything for them. I'm going back to school, starting next week. I'll be busy as hell when that starts....but I feel ready for that. I don't know where you're at with your illness, so I can't recommend doing something that big.
I'd say to get a whole bunch of things to try. A jigsaw puzzle that you like (you can glue it and frame it after you're done), maybe some puzzle books, model cars?, video games?, journal? I don't know what you're into, so I can't say what might be a good idea...but hopefully this helps.
I would actually appreciate a change of scenery... it would make the stale existence that much more charged up (I still do, since being a stay at home mom can cause some cabin fever at times). I move the furniture around (even if it's not as functional as it once was, I mean who's going to visit to notice?). I also enjoy painting and sketching (I'd pull up interesting nature scenes or animals on line and sketch them).... Good books I'm sure can be found online (as it reading a book off of your computer) or if you have a lot of room on your computer you can download a program that can record the audio off of you computer (download books on tape, or search songs on youtube and record the audio so you can have a playlist going).
I know my suggestions probably encourage you to stay indoors more so, just trying to think of things you can do since you feel more comfortable inside atm.
Hehehe fyi your post wasn't boring
((hugs)) hope you find something worthy of your time.