Does anyone else have this problem? Every time I’m off work, or on the weekends, I always have trouble finding something to do.
I used to go out all the time when I was younger, but now i’m in my late 20s, and I still have the urge to go out but I don’t know what to do. I don’t drink or do drugs, so nothing really appeals to me.
I’m not really interested in watching TV that much because unless the TV show is really interesting, I have a hard time concentrating and find it boring. I kind of play games on my phone to kill time.
I don’t have many friends, the friends I do hang out with, I hang out once in a while, but I don’t want to keep annoying them because I know me not having anything to do is not their problem, and mine alone.
I’m also single, i’m not really into dating and I’m kinda not ready to be in a relationship. But yeah, thats my conundrum. I don’t have any hobbies either.
I’ve typically exhausted my interest in all available forms of entertainment at home by around 10am each day. After that, I find myself repeatedly refreshing webmail, FB, etc. and losing time doing practically nothing. It’s not that I don’t have anything to do, it’s just that the things I should be doing require too much motivation and effort for my current level of energy/functionality.
My music computer (dedicated system) is awaiting collection after repairs, but I can’t get the money together (due to loss of employment), so I’m thumb twiddling a lot lately.
I even tried mowing the lawns yesterday (a rare thing indeed) and gave up after 30 minutes trying to start the damn thing. About the most fun I’ve been having lately is watching our chickens be chickens. I once read the following:
Time spent watching your chickens is not time wasted at all
The stack of dishes next to the sink would disagree were it conscious!
I think you’re right about this but I still feel I have plenty of time leftover, especially on the weekends.
I live at home, so maybe that’s another reason why I have so much free time. Ideally, I would be living in my own apartment/condo, working a full time job, and would probably be a lot busier if my life were together, I’d probably be able to seek an romantic partner, but since I live at home, work a part time job (as much as I can handle under current stress/functionality), I kinda feel like i’m in some sort of purgatory of non-progression.
It’s also possible if my sh*t was together, I’d still be bored on the weekends / off hours. So iunno!
If working full time, doing house work and home maintenance religiously, and just being contentiousness in general is the solution to boredom, then I think I’m just going to have to get used to it for the time being! Chicken watching is actually not that bad
I think when one is struggling mentally, one becomes overwhelmed easily and most tasks that would ordinarily be appealing - or at least not unappealing - become laborious … enter boredom.
It sounds like being a full fledged adult. I personally hate “adulting”. I still feel young at heart, always trying to find something non-boring/interesting to do but I guess I’m at the age where I have to accept the mediocrity and repetitiveness of adult life
I know most people spend money on the weekends in order to “not be bored”. I’m all up for doing something once in a while, but I don’t want to be one of those people, always spending cash in order to alleviate their boredom.
Same! Our current depressing political climate doesn’t help either. I lined the pockets of the man for the past 12 years; meanwhile the Rothschilds are sitting pretty with their trillions … it just makes it hard to want to “contribute”.
My problem is not that there’s nothing to do. There’s plenty of stuff to do. Its just a matter of getting out to do it. Lots of activities are free.
Library’s, parks, walks, going to the mall, museums, art galleries, enjoying some form of nature; i.e.hiking in the mountains, visiting rivers, creeks, or other bodies of water and contemplating them. I don’t know where you live but in many places there is free, live music to enjoy.
Go to a coffee shop and order a cheap cup of coffee and do some people watching. Go to a pet shop and play and pet the animals that a lot of them have there. Volunteer somewhere fun. Go to a mental health clubhouse of there is one near you and talk to people there.
Go downtown and go inside various interesting looking shops and check out what they have there. Go online to your cities website and see if they list events that are happening like parades, concerts, group walks, star gazing, free sports events etc.
Everything I listed is free. If you have an extra $5.00 I could probably find you a dozen more things to do with it.
I remembered how great it was when I was a child going to the library it was awsome it used to be a family activity and we bought home so many books me and my younger sister used to study and I would have intelligent discussions with my father. Then I didn’t study for years throughout my teenage or most of my 20s as I was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 27 I couldn’t do much and felt guilty about clubbing or anything of that nature so I studyed and that world that I had left so long ago was open to me again and once more I was connected to the beauty and reality of the universe the world we live in searching my inner self for answers for awakening bringing me back to life and our existance. Studying can open you up to a whole new world.
My problem is, some activities I just don’t find interesting or maybe I just don’t have an appreciation for it, but many of things you suggested I sometimes do.
One of the things I do is drive around town a lot, I sometimes get coffee, I don’t like people watching too much though. I also like hitting the malls and window shop, sometimes I buy things if I find that I want it.
I guess I’m just tired of always venturing out to the city when I want something to do. Maybe I need to get out of my city one of these weekends and switch it up.
So iunno!
