- Read a book.
- Learn to juggle.
- Clean your closet.
- Learn a language online-sites like duolingo, and youtube.
- Go for a walk.
- Declutter and donate the results to charity.
- Create a Spotify account if you don't have one (free!) and find some new music you like.
- Write something. Poetry? Stories? A letter?
- Make some cards for use later.
- Paint your nails.
- Take a handwriting course.
- Listen to a podcast like the splendid table, marketplace, etc.
- Make your bed.
- Do laundry.
- Go for a long drive to nowhere in particular and turn the music up loud.
- Find someone to play a game with.
- Go on a short hike to a local outlook spot.
- Learn a new recipe.
- Make a how to video and upload it to youtube.
- Make a DIY face mask from eggs or something.
- Try to draw an elephant.
- Go geocaching.
- Learn a new musical instrument (tutorials free online, check craigslist for a cheap/free tuba.)
- Grow a plant.
- Make some abstract art-everybody's good at abstract art! Don't forget to sign it and frame it.
- Watch a TED talk on YouTube.
- Jump on your bed.
- Take a shower.
- Make meals for the coming week and freeze them.
- Drink a BIG glass of water.
- Take a nap.
- Digitize some old photos.
- Go on ancestry.com to find out if your great, great, great, great grandfather was a pirate or not.
- Make a blog.
- Buy flowers from the grocery store and give them to people.
- Write a letter or make a video to your future self.
- Take a picture of what you are doing every hour for the next twenty four hours.
- Learn how to make origami swans.
- Throw away all the receipts in your bag.
- Plan your next vacation.
- Start a jar to fill with change and label it with what you're going to spend it on.
- Prank call your mom and pretend to order pizzas.
- Do a puzzle.
- Do a five minute workout (look it up.)
- Make a cup of tea or coffee or lemonade and then just sit and enjoy it.
- Start a journal or an art journal if you hate writing.
- Start a memory jar.
- Wash your sheets and hang them on the clothesline if you have one.
- Clean out your fridge.
- Start some friendship bread starter.
- Write a letter to a kid you know.
- Call your grandma and ask for the recipe to that cranberry-liver-stuffing she makes every holiday.
- Use it to start your own recipe collection of heirlooms and personal favorites.
- Rearrange your bedroom furniture.
- Pick an artist and listen to ALL of their songs, one after the other.
- Find a new motto.
- Create a personal master plan.
- Make a mug cake.
- Look for coupons in the newspaper for stuff on your grocery list.
- Play a video game.
- Sign up for a free class on Coursera.
- Meditate.
- Make a bucket list.
- Buy a goldfish.
- Go to a library.
- Teach yourself how to juggle.
- Make some freezer meals for later.
- Go geocaching.
- If you have garden space, start a compost bin.
- Create your own filing system for bills, medical records, and other personal paperwork.
- Start making or buying Christmas gifts in advance, save yourself time and money later.
- Write a list of things you've accomplished in the past year.
- Make some jello.
- Memorize a poem.
- Make a list of 52 books to read in the next 52 weeks.
- Update your résumé.
- Spend a few minutes figuring out how to streamline your morning routine.
- Make a mix cd.
- Play solitaire.
- Watch a documentary.
- Donate 3 dollars to an organization you support.
- Do some push ups.
- Go for a 20 minute walk.
- Research how to invest money for the future (index stock investing is a good start.)
- Watch the sunrise or sunset.
- Clean out and wash your car.
- Go hiking.
- Visit a free museum.
- Take a typing class online.
- Do some basic yard work to spruce up the house.
- Go for a bike ride.
- Google your local community calendar and find free events like live music, tours, etc. to attend.
- Make a vision board.
- Review your favorite books on Goodreads.
- Listen to a new genre of music.
- Paint a wall in your house.
- Visit someone you know in a nursing home.
- Google historical houses in your area and visit one.
- Have a picnic.
- Have friends over.
- Devote 10 minutes to deep cleaning that thing in your house you hate cleaning.
- Do a crossword puzzle.
- Camp in your backyard.
- Fly a kite.
- Cut up old clothes and piece a quilt top from them.
6.14.2017
105 Things To Do When You're Bored
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