11 Ways To Stop Being Bored With Life

I sat around today, all day, wondering what I should do. When you get to a point where everything seems way too predictable and more like Groundhog Day than another new day, then you may be trying to find a way to spice up your life to make it less boring. If you are bored with life, only you can change it.

My mom used to tell me only boring people are bored. Which, although thinking she was wrong, it is true. If you are bored, it is all of your own makings.

Boredom doesn’t come from outside; it comes within. We are so accustomed to thinking that it is the world’s responsibility to entertain us, that we have lost the ability to find things to do.

Since our cell phones appear to bring everything from around the world to us, we no longer feel the need to leave the house. After a while, staring at a device becomes boring. Just like everything, if you get out of the practice of doing things, it doesn’t come as easily.

# Change careers

The average person switches careers several times throughout their lifetime. The mistake that many people make is getting on a fast track to nowhere, and before you know it, you are on the path to boredom and afraid to scratch it and start at the bottom.

You are never too old to switch career paths. That old saying “do something you love, and you never work a day in your life” can help to chase away your boredom blues.

# Find a goal

Sometimes we get bored because it seems like we aren’t doing anything but treading water. If you want to beat boredom, find something that would make you feel accomplished, or make a bucket list and start checking things off.

There is nothing that makes boredom disappear more than having a goal and taking steps to achieve it.

# Find out what makes you happy and do it!

Sometimes boredom can come under the disguise of being unhappy. Happiness is the spice of life, and without spice, things can taste, well, dull.

Find out what it is that is missing from your life and take steps to do those things that will bring out the best in you. So what if they aren’t practical, they cost money, or they are completely nonsensical? A little variety will make your boring days “poof” be gone.

# Do something completely uncharacteristic

If your life is feeling a little like the chain gang, it is probably because you are always doing what is expected of you.

Instead of being the same predictable, reasonable person you have become, do something that flies in the face of sanity. You just never know what can happen when you aren’t planning for anything.

# Make new friends

If you have had the same friends since you were old enough to remember, hanging out at the same bars, or doing the same dinners every weekend, you are bound to be bored.

There is something very comforting about being with the people you know and love, but also something very life-affirming and exciting about stepping outside the box to find a new group of friends to mix it up a little.

Just remember, make new friends but keep the old. No one knows you better than those friends who always have your back. Just in case you have too much fun, you will want those people in your life who know how to bring you back to earth around to even you out.

# Train for something

There is something very exciting about the anticipation of training for a marathon, learning to scuba dive, or even jumping out of an airplane. If you want to do something that will make you feel less bored with life, then find something spectacular that is a one of a kind experience and follow through by being safe and ready for it.

# Unplug

Sometimes we get so busy creating our “fake” online lives that we forget we are involved in a real one. The best way to overcome boredom is to put your computer and smartphone away and pick up a real phone to meet someone for lunch.

Strange but true, you can actually bypass the pictures of your friend’s children by meeting and seeing them in person. Dare to dream!

# Learn a new hobby

There are all sorts of hobbies that you may have passed by because you don’t have the time. If you are bored with life, you have the time. If photography is something that you enjoy, or you like computer programming, it doesn’t have to be something senseless.

Hell, if you learn how to do your hobby well enough, you may be able to make some extra cash or find a new path to follow.

# Travel

There is something very exotic about being outside of your element. If you want to shake things up a bit, learn a new language and head to a foreign place that has awe-inspiring sights of a lifetime.

Whether it is seeing the ancient pyramids, the Colosseum, or just parasailing across Australia, being in a new element may be just the thing to pull you out of your funk.


# Find a higher power that suits you

If you don’t have faith in a path on earth, it is easy to get lost and bored. Not knowing why you go to the same job every day, why you come home to the same house and wife, or why you show up to the same cubicle without question can leave you feeling empty.

If you are bored, read about religion or spiritual theories. Who knows, you may just find a new purpose that puts it all in perspective, fills you emotionally, and makes life a little less monotonous and a little more meaningful.

# Have a child

Okay, I am the mother of six, and I can tell you that when you have children NOTHING is ever boring. Chaotic, crazy, overwhelming, frustrating, angering and sometimes God-awful… there is NOTHING boring about having a child if you are ready.