Boredom: How To Squash It!
Are You Bored?
When boredom sets in, it can be challenging to find ways to occupy one's time. I know I have plenty of things I 'should' do, but what about those times when I need to find something I 'want' to do?
To me, cleaning the house(moving a pile of clutter somewhere so I can sit down) is not fun. Mowing the grass(so I can find my dogs) is not fun. Vacuuming carpets once a year(whether it needs it or not) is not fun. As you can see, I'm not much of a housekeeper! Let it keep itself, I always say!
Needless to say, I have the cure for boredom. I have so many things on my 'Instead Of This, Do This!' list, I may need another lifetime to complete them all! I shall now share some of my ideas with you! No, no, there's no need for payment, just a simple 'thanks' will do!
And away we go...
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Instead Of This
- Cleaning the refrigerator.
Do This!
- Remove the light bulb. Also, to remove those pesky odors, put a clothespin on your nose. If you want to be even craftier, provide a different color clothespin for every member of the family! AND if you have even more time to kill, learn calligraphy so you can personalize the clothespins!
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Instead Of This
- Mowing the yard.
Do This!
- Make grass angels! Much like snow angels, but without the bone-chilling cold! One could just make one snow angel or many. Another great idea is to take a nap mid-angel. That's a good cure for boredom! Note: before attempting any grass angel, survey the area and remove any animal(or human) feces. Snow angels with feces is not nearly as bad as feces covered grass angels.
Look at you! You're already butchering that boredom like a pro!
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Instead Of This
- Shampooing the carpets.
Do This!
- Bathe every animal you own! Just lather 'em up(don't rinse!) and let 'em loose inside your house! Everyone knows how animals act after you've just given them a bath...they roll around like pigs in slop! With those lathered little bodies rubbing all over your carpet, it'll be clean in no time! After they're finished, throw them back outside to pick up more dirt and the next door neighbor's bulldog's pee scent and then go back inside to blow-dry the carpet with your daughter's hairdryer. Don't use your own, it could overheat!
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Instead Of This
- Washing and drying clothes.
Do This!
- If you're super-clean like I am, I take a shower like clockwork every Saturday, why not make that clothes washing day, too? This may take a few hours, so it's a real boredom killer! Get up early in the morning, put on a layer of clothing...shirt, pants, socks, underwear...and go take a shower. So easy, but here's the tricky part, remember to 'lather, rinse, repeat'! Lather up yourself and the clothes, rinse yourself and the clothes, and repeat with a different layer of clothes making sure to disrobe after every rinse. Hang clean clothes on clothesline, TV, door frame, or cars.
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Instead Of This
- Making a boring, well-balanced dinner.
Do This!
- Go through your cupboard and remove the labels off of every canned food item. Use the labels to decoupage a watering can or ugly vase. While your handiwork is drying, put canned goods into a brown bag and wait for the family to gather for dinner. Tell them to line up and pick something from the bag! Such fun! What they get, and they only get once shot at it, is what they eat that night. To keep boredom at bay for a little bit longer, have the family prepare their own can o' goodness outside over a good old-fashioned fire-pit and tell them they have to eat with their fingers! After dinner is done, take a walk to the recycling bin. Make this a "teachable moment". Tell your children why we recycle and how important it is. On the way home, tell them all about the importance of exercise and how to avoid the evil that is boredom. Tell them it makes you think(and write) bad things!
Not so bored now, are ya?
