I'm quite looking forward to reading everyone else's responses to this topic from Long and Short Reviews. It would be very interesting if people were saying they went hang-gliding when they were bored. Sadly I can't claim to do anything quite that exciting.
It's rare that I am genuinely bored as I have a great capacity for daydreaming, so I can sit for ages staring out of the window, deep in my own thoughts. If I do get bored it's most likely because I've got so much time on my hands that even daydreaming has lost its charm. This usually means that I'm stuck somewhere like a hospital waiting room or a coach coming back from London, both of which take hours.
If I know I'm going to be somewhere a long time I take my Kindle with me so I can read. I also do prep work for whatever I'm currently writing and save it to my phone. I've managed to kill a lot of time that way, although I would just like to point out to whoever services coaches that they really need to get a better quality reading light. I could barely see my Kindle the last time I came home on a coach.
Maybe that's one of the reasons they all have charging ports in the back of the seats now. Can't see to read? Here, try surfing. There's even free Wi-Fi!
So what do you do when you're bored?
I have a friend who used to go hang-gliding on a fairly regular basis (at least once a month), but I don't think even he could say he did it whenever he got bored! Personally, if I get bored I read, think about things, or tell stories in my head.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's pretty much it with me too.
DeleteI have a sneaking suspicion that people who are creative don't become bored all too often.
ReplyDeleteThat may be the case.
DeleteThose are good ways to fill the time!
ReplyDeleteThey work for me anyway :)
DeleteI suspect many writers share the daydreaming - I certainly do.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's probably common for us.
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