Well, here is a statement that should be obvious to everyone. If you are bored, do something else! I'll say it again: DO SOMETHING ELSE!!!
The above rant is targeted to one of my lovely daughters, who came into my office earlier and complained she had nothing to do. Today was day two of MAPS testing for home schooled children. To be nice, I cut her school work down to just writing her blogs. Well, it seems that may have been a bad idea. She came in complaining of nothing to do...Even though her grandmother had kindly offered to take her to the mall. When I pointed this out to her, she said, she knew, but she wanted to be able to talk with her friends. Her friends mainly live in New Ipswich, and it seems that none of their families have cars. Thus, they sit around and text all day. Well, my daughter wanted to communicate with them, but she was bored with it as well. Thank God she decided to go to the mall with Grandma. She came home energized and happy because she had found a new outfit. Sometimes, you need to step out and do things on your own and not wait for confirmation from your friends. I can tell you from experience, they are not waiting around all day in front of their computer for you. If you are on great...if you are not, well not the end of the world, there is always someone else to chat with or other things to do! Life is for living...not for waiting around for others to validate your choices. If you find you are getting bored sitting around waiting for someone else to do something, then you are destined to live a very boring life! Seize the opportunities that are thrown your way. Talk about your experiences. You'll soon find that others will want to join you on your adventures. Looking ahead, talk to your friends about the future, not the past. Make plans for the future, then move on and do something else. If you set plans with someone every time you get on your messaging device, you will soon find you have lots to do with lots of different people. Set things up for at least one week in advance. That way everyone has time to make plans for rides etc. Do this now, and you will find that within a week, you'll always have stuff to do. Oh, and keep your texting sessions short. Make people look forward to talking to you. If you are always on and talk to them for hours, they have no incentive to meet up with you. One final thought. When you do meet up with someone, always find something glowing to talk about about them with your other friends. Never talk negatively about the person. After all, they did take the time to meet up with you! The more nice things people hear you say about others that do hang out with you, the more they will want to hang out with you as well to hear what you will have to say about them. Remember, no one likes a gossip! They like to hear positive things about themselves! In turn, they will look forward to hanging with you and see what good you see in them! Got that Munchkin? Give it a try and see if you find you are less bored in the future. I bet you'll find your life will become more exciting because of it. Of course, if you are still bored, I can always find more school work for you to do. Happy Day!
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