What Do You Do When You're Bored?

I'm really struggling with hideous, awful, "WHY do we even have these?!" Feelings lately, and nothing seems to be very interesting anymore. I don't have any projects, or any people in my life, so I'm looking for things to DO.

So, Specifically, what do you do for fun, or when you're bored? The games I have feel boring, TV isn't doing it, and lately I don't have the attention span to read. (Plus, it seems like all there is to read is Fairy Smut anymore, and I'm just not on that level.)

So, help me, friends. Give me some ideas on projects, activities or etc. that make YOU happy to do them. I want to hear about them in at least a little detail to see if my ADHD wants to hyperfocus on something new.

Thanks in advance, I hope you all reply.

 

Thankfully, I don't get to experience that kind of boredom: there just aren't enough hours in a day.

That being said, when I happen to have an unoccupied moment or three, I can always read (currently Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, interleaving the short stories in series order), cook (I'm almost always up for a batch of chowder, chili, or split pea soup) and, if I have more time and the weather allows, I can always take my mountain bike out on the local trails.

I'd try something like the latter, though: getting outdoors, just simply outdoors, even if it's only in a relatively nice urban park, can do wonders for perspective and feelings of personal well-being.

 

I watched the Konami transmission earlier, but I did not think Silent Hill f felt like it is in the Silent Hill mythos. For Silent Hill is a place. Now they can do games with a relatable premise, so the name means little any longer.

It isn't Raccoon City. It's Armadillo Town.

Films or games with tedious chatter is boring.

 

Gardening. Although I don't know if you've got a garden @Wenchie. But it has brought me peace of mind that I didn't use to have.

 

i ripped up the area in front of my apartment last spring and planted some things. It's not exactly a garden, but it made me happy to do it. I don't know if my back can handle it anymore.

 

I watch really good horror movies, I read on my Kindle paranormal romance novels by Nalini Singh, JR Ward, etc. I go for long walks and when I can get there, I walk on the beach.
I am experimenting with air fryer cooking... LOL. I know I am boring, but it makes me happy, and I am 71

 

I like watching Paranormal shows. I'm torn between wanting to see something happen and watching all the ways they fake it. How is the Air Fryer cooking coming along? When my back neighbor moved out, they gave us theirs - brand new - but I could never quite figure it out.

 

I go a little bat shit crazy.

 

Only a little? Slacker.

 

I've found it to be easy:
1) Turn on
2) Put to the max temperature setting
3) look at bag of whatever is supposed to go in there, for how long, then add 2 minutes
4) enjoy

As for your back problems, maybe a small greenhouse setup can help? That way you can have plants at height so you don't have to bend over so much.

 

I watch the movies and I have tons of PRN books on my Kindle.
I love my air fryer. I am slowly learning to use it. I find recipes or how to use it, how many minutes to cook x, temperature, etc. It makes great fries, regular and sweet potato. I use it to heat food up. Tonight, I used it to heat up the chicken I made in the slow cooker last night. I think once you learn how to use your Air Fryer you will enjoy it!

 

Some times i just go out and walk 4 miles.

 

Here's hoping those summer gaming events yield great news, and that said games won't take half a century to come out.