Bored? Never!

Top Ten ways to Stave off boredom

1. Learn a new language- Spend time in a place where every time you want to speak you have to figure out how to say it. And saying it wrong you get to look like an idiot. You are bound to end up in awkward situations and laughing at the ridiculous things you say. But when you are shopping for new glasses be sure to say you want them to make you face look good, not your butt look good.

2. Make meals and then drop it all on the ground, then you can start all over again from step one of shopping for the ingredients.

3. Make plans to meet friends after work but then walk to the public transportation and use two hours to get there instead of thirty minutes it should take. This way you can watch the people on the train, and be late to hanging out with your friends. Then when you see your friends, you can feel horrible about being the “late girl,” yet again.

4. Become obsessed with a ridiculous tv show that other people are ridiculously obsessed about. Then spend endless hours reading the same thing over and over again- no no no it’s not mind numbing it’s culturally enriching I promise.

5. Create chaos- if you need ideas try a few of mine- crashing someone’s car, locking yourself out of your apartment, or losing your passport in an airport. All of these will help you spend an invaluable amount of your time. And teach you a great deal on how to work well under pressure and stress.

6. Get lost- and find your way again. This becomes particularly entertaining when you miss your roundabout exit. We all loved carousels as kids- so think of it as a big kid carousel, round and around you go.

7. Stalk your Facebook friends. That way rather than doing something you can see what everyone else is doing minute by minute of the day. Keep watching the livefeed feature. Think you are the only one single and not having babies? You’re right! Just keep watching those wedding, baby, and engagement announcements as they pop up as common as wall-street standings.

8. If you live in France, go to Carrefour- there is NO WAY you are getting out of this store in less than an hour. Even if you don’t buy a single object, it’s impossible to get in and get out.

9. If it’s a Sunday and everything is closed- go to Ikea. Where else can you go to pick out an entire new home? Plus if you buy anything you are bound to spend hours with that small wrench they graciously give you, to assemble the bookcase you didn’t need- but would just look perfect in that one corner.

10. Follow Mademoiselle Gaga’s advice and “Just Dance.” Turn the music up- and go crazy dancing like no one’s watching or can hear you singing. And if you hear banging on the walls- just you’re your speakers up a bit louder, then the banging won’t interrupt your groove.

This was part of Mamakat's writers workshop- want to participate, head on over HERE.