Struggling with boredom

Snails pace

If you have a back garden or a little plot of land. You could have a vegetable garden and grow some flowers for bees in the summer. If your out the country a bit get a few hens aswell.

ThewhiteJesus

I live alone and am cut off from family so for me I can’t wait to work tomorrow! To kill boredom unfortunately it’s tv tv tv for me

Stacksofwacks

Xmas and New years always my least favorite days of the year as there is nothing to do and nobody out. Now it feels like this everyday. Being stuck at home now im just find less and less things to do, Nothing on the telly, I end up taking about 3 naps a day which is nice to start with but now its becoming a routine.. One day is just kind of melting into the other now and I have come to the conclusion that I haven't felt this bored since the guy who taught me chemistry for the leaving cert. Wake me up when this is all over Im off for another nap

Urethral Buttercup

Sad.

Sexual Chocolate

I don't think I've ever being this board over a long period ever. It's even getting to the stage with me that I've so much time to think that I'm starting to think of stupid worrying things and its getting me anxious.

I'm back in work at the end of the week thank God but other than the extra lie-on in bed I won't miss these last two weeks of isolation. I'd even love to be able to go out for a drive but I obviously can't.

Stacksofwacks

Sleeper12

Stacksofwacks wrote:

Xmas and New years always my least favorite days of the year as there is nothing to do and nobody out. Now it feels like this everyday. Being stuck at home now im just find less and less things to do, Nothing on the telly, I end up taking about 3 naps a day which is nice to start with but now its becoming a routine.. One day is just kind of melting into the other now and I have come to the conclusion that I haven't felt this bored since the guy who taught me chemistry for the leaving cert. Wake me up when this is all over Im off for another nap

People always say how prison isn't tough enough. It's a holiday camp.

Take your situation substitute all your TV channels for just the 4 Irish ones. Take the size of your house or apartment & shrink it to 10X6 foot. Locked in here for 20 hours a day. Take your smart phone and Internet and swap it for one 6 minute phone call per day. Take the 4 to 8 weeks we'll be on lock down & swap it for 150 weeks.

You don't have it too bad really

Stacksofwacks

Sleeper12 wrote: »

People always say how prison isn't tough enough. It's a holiday camp.

Take your situation substitute all your TV channels for just the 4 Irish ones. Take the size of your house or apartment & shrink it to 10X6 foot. Locked in here for 20 hours a day. Take your smart phone and Internet and swap it for one 6 minute phone call per day. Take the 4 to 8 weeks we'll be on lock down & swap it for 150 weeks.

You don't have it too bad really

That's why I've never broken the law!!

Watching those 4 Irish channels everyday sounds like the worst punishment

Jinglejangle69

Man up.

Imagine people at home with special needs kids all day long or looking after sick parents in their house without any help.

Everyone is in the same situation, yet your crying because you get to sleep 3 times a day.

Seriously grow a set

Arghus

No excuse for boredom. There's endless books to read, music to listen to, things to watch, games to play.

Stacksofwacks

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Man up.

Imagine people at home with special needs kids all day long or looking after sick parents in their house without any help.

Everyone is in the same situation, yet your crying because you get to sleep 3 times a day.

Seriously grow a set

I never said I had it the worst, but cheers for the advice

Beasty

Threads merged

Ave Sodalis

Ah, it seems my post got lost in the move so I'm sorry if it reappears and this is duplicate.



There's a forum over in the Bargain's Alert with all the free things that have become available over the Corvid 19 period, ranging from subscriptions to various things to thousands of online courses.



Up until now, I've been juggling work, postgrad study and volunteering. This is the first time in years that I've had any free time and I am using this to do things I never have time to do. I have books I need to read, games I need to finish, movies I have to watch. I have cleaning I need to do (the finicky stuff like the windows and the rugs), I have house repairs. As an introvert with bad social anxiety, I certainly won't be complaining about being stuck in the house by myself, catching up on my life. The only thing I desperately miss is my dog.

nyarlothothep

Learn a language, try your hand at art, if there's a musical instrument lying around learn it, write a short story or poem, read books, there are so many, many things to do with this bonanza of free time. Speaking for myself, I'm spending all hours making a music video. There's just so much you can do.

lainey_d_123

I genuinely don't understand how anyone could possibly be bored when they have the internet. You can read about and learn about literally anything under the sun. I've been working on learning a new language (Russian) using various apps, improving my coding skills with online resources, learning to bake, trying some new recipes and doing yoga and other workouts from Youtube lessons. And of course the usual sites like Boards for passing the time, or social media.

I could understand being depressed or lethargic, but bored? How?

Sleeper12

lainey_d_123 wrote:

I genuinely don't understand how anyone could possibly be bored when they have the internet. You can read about and learn about literally anything under the sun. I've been working on learning a new language (Russian) using various apps, improving my coding skills with online resources, learning to bake, trying some new recipes and doing yoga and other workouts from Youtube lessons. And of course the usual sites like Boards for passing the time, or social media.

You left out PORN. How could you forget about porn.

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I've never been busier

PTH2009

I'm doing nightly quizzes on this

https://www.goosesquizzes.com/

A local quiz master is running a few on youtube/kahoot which I also do

biko

I've been taking Jimmy's quiz every day so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfwhuC9ypQk

Mehaffey1

What I am up to on lockdown, been at home sticking to staying in as much as possible to this is over.

Boards.ie never been more grateful to have this golden source of information and comedy.

PS4, have Call of Duty Modern Warfare, such a huge and varied game, have been playing for hours. Really stands to the game as I have not been as caught by the gaming bug in 10 years.

Youtube, have an account for years so have hundreds of subscriptions. LockPickingLawyer is a recent addition. Makes videos of how to break into locks, padlocks, safes etc, especially when the manufacturer says their product is unbeatable.

Podcasts. Have Podcast Addict app on the phone for downloads and subscriptions. Welcome to NightVale is my favourite and has been for a while. Roughly 40 minutes per episode and covers the weekly goings on of a typical American town which is overran by aliens but life continues on as normal.

Audible. Love the credit per month idea. Recently downloaded Dan Carlin's new book in audio format The End Is Always Near. Great presenter and analysis of times in history where the end of civilisation was a real possibility. Maybe not for everyone in these mental times.

Netflix. Whole thread of recommendations on the Movies forum. Just finished How to Fix a Drugs Scandal which was brilliant.

No shortage of things to be at these days.

Shlippery

https://skribbl.io/ - bitta craic here for the doodlers.

StupidLikeAFox

Sporcle - lots of varied quizzes to kill a bit of time