LIFESTYLE TIPS

     
WAYS TO BREAK THE BOREDOM
     (I'M TIRED OF BEING BORED)

           I've heard my friends tell me most times of how boring their day went. It baffles me when they tell me this for the reason of the fact that I hardly get bored. When I ask reasons for their boredom, it's usually a common response 'there's nothing to do'. It is to this effect that I affirm boredom to be caused as a result of idleness or inactivity, a feature youths don't like to experience. Boredom can so result from carrying out uninteresting, unexciting and energy sapping routines.
 

In this article, I'll be showing you things to do to break the boredom.
      Sometimes, breaking your boredom requires you to pay to get out of it. When I mean 'pay', I mean money. Surprised? Wait, Let me explain.
I've discovered that teenagers find it interesting when they have friends around them to 'gist' or play. This certainly makes them active and busy keeping boredom at some distance.

1. It is for this reason I believe one way to avoid boredom is to VISIT FRIENDS & FAMILIES!...Here lies the problem of some teenagers & youths who are either broke to pay transport fares to their desired destinations, fuel their vehicles and worse 'the always indoor one'. What we call the 'Omo get inside' syndrome in southwest Nigeria.
      For those who are not limited by all these things, they'll have less boring days. Your friends sometimes are close by. Visit them and get chatting. Sometimes, I hook up with friends in my street or Vicinity and it's usually interesting. Again, here lies another problem for those who don't like to make good friends.

2. Watch movies and videos
and I mean not just any movie but interesting movies. Don't make the mistake of watching movies that'll only contribute to the boredom. Well, your interest as an individual determines what genre you'd like to watch. I sincerely respect your opinion & interest but I'll advice you watch Action, comedy & adventure movies much more to break the boredom. It requires money to purchase enough data to download these movies but not to worry, if you can't afford to buy, just hook up with friends around who you feel have enough movies & collect as many as possible! Better still, it's going to be much more enjoyable if you have an external storage device like a Memory card or a Flash drive.
Talking about data, you can afford to wait till midnight to purchase data at cheaper rates to download them. The only disadvantage here is that you'll have to take sometime out of your sleep. You can also watch and live stream videos on YouTube if you have the means *winks*
I sincerely advice that in breaking the boredom using this method, please, make it highly positively impacting and beneficial! Don't make it a waste of time. Learn from it!

3. I know some people will have problems with this next point but trust me it's a way to break boredom. It reduces it at least.
TAKE PICTURES (Selfies). Those who have issues & feelings of not being photogenic may not fit into this. Taking many pics is just one way to keep you active for that day.

4. Use Social media platforms
This is one effective way that has succeeded in keeping teenagers and youths busy. A lot of things happen on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp among others that keep you busy and active, make you informed and boredom free! You can access this platforms only when you have successfully subscribed to data plans. You can chat, share pictures and interesting videos among others.

5. Read Books
      Reading culture of teenagers and youths is gradually going down the drain. Well, yet again it all boils down to your interest. Apart from the fact that cultivating a good reading culture breaks your boredom, it's a tool for tremendous individual development! It keeps you better informed, educated and builds your communication skills. Back to interest, your academic books may not be so interesting to you (I advice you enjoy reading them but that's another day's topic) but you can make do with motivational and inspirational books. They encourage, motivate, inspire, build and ignite you to achieve your goals. There are also other interesting novels & prose you can read to avoid being bored. I'll keep making emphasis on ensuring they are positively impacting ones.

6. Call friends
You may not have figured this out but it's very true. Spend a lot of time on phone calling friends & get talking with them. You can gist, share funny moments & crack jokes. Calls could be boredom breaking.

7. Play games
This is common with guys because they have a lot of games to play ranging from Sports to adventure to Action among others. I may not have
 the best grips in female games but playing games are generally a way to reduce the boredom.

8. Watch the Television
     Although quite common and becoming less efficient with regards to matters of boredom escape, it is still a relevant means! For me, I enjoy documentaries on nature & discoveries. I also love watching football (at that point, boredom fails to exist) watching this means keeping boredom away. For ladies, you've got telenovelas and fashion stations to watch. You can also watch movies and interesting programmes.

9.  This next point may seem irrelevant and unexpected to you but give it a try and it'd be definitely worth it.
Check Throwback pictures.
 Search for your personal/family picture albums at home and patiently check the pictures. Along this exercise, you'll find out very funny throwback pictures that would send you cracking your ribs thus reducing what would had been a completely boring day.

10. Engage in Craft, drawing & painting. 
   Making crafts generally is fun but sometimes time-consuming. If you can't carry out crafts you've previously learnt in High school or College, you can take online lessons on how to make new ones and improve your creative skills! Crafts like bead making, hat making, basket weaving among others are common among ladies. Guys can decide to go with drawing, painting among other fine art activities. It holds great fun and obviously breaks boredom. It's always a very lucrative means to earn money.

       In conclusion, I've succeeded in providing 10 bailouts from boredom. They could be more. Feel free to share other ways you feel boredom could be broken on this platform. I hope this helps greatly in having much more meaningful & interesting days ahead.