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I'm feeling old and boring.

I've always said only boring people get bored. And I think my sense of ennui is probably related to the fact that I've become boring. I'm all about work-eat-sleep and do it again.

I'd like to go out and do fun things, but I suspect my idea of fun things don't always match up with other folks' ideas about this. I'm contrary and ornery. I really want to learn something new, do something new- listen to new music, pick up a new skill, create something. Not sure what.

Perhaps, from this life-angst, something wonderful will be born. I hope so.

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There's a running order at our house that

little_jesus is not allowed to tell me he's bored. This is my "you kids today!" lecture¹.

When we were growing up, we had eight channels to choose from², no video games, and no internet. If there wasn't anything to watch on TV; read a book or go outside were pretty much the only options³.

Now that we are older, I think we get bored because we've done that before and we want something new to challenge us; we don't just want something to keep us occupied, we want something engaging. We don't want something to just fill our time, we want something more meaningful.

¹Well, one of them, anyway.
²Eleven, if reception was good.
³I frequently did both.

Sometimes I feel like that too. The things I like doing the most are things I might have found boring a few years ago, sans partner & kiddo. My sister and I talk about it frequently, actually, about how there's nothing more enjoyable than knitting on a front porch with a cup of tea and a friend or two.

Ack! Then I think "OMG I sound like an old grandma." Except, my grandma is really cool. And there's nothing wrong with knitting or liking tea or conversation or any of that. I had to remind myself that I don't need to be out at a bar or dancing or going to concerts or whatever to be a fun & interesting person. I just need to surround myself with other people who find similar things interesting.

Does a Scrabble party sound like fun to you? Better yet, a Scrabble Party Potluck? Well, it does to me and I'm sure some of my friends--maybe we should all get together and be old and boring together :)!

Or we could teach you how to knit? It's super fun.

Make me some brownies.

That happens to me too sometimes. I don't know if it's just not feeling challenged from time to time or if it's times that when you're running around so fast that it takes a second for things to catch up to you when you slow down that you're not sure what to do or something else for a different person.

Hopefully something will spark your interest and you'll have the time to pursue it. Maybe you just need a little break to be bored/boring and then you'll bounce back when you're ready.

When I am feeling boring it's usually either because I'm tired or because I need to learn something new. Usually learning a new skill/hobby works best.

We had 3 channels growing up, maybe a fourth kind of fuzzy if you messed with the antenna...

Yes, I think it's less that I'm bored than that I want a challenge.

Aw, aren't you a sweetheart.

My mom taught me to knit a few times, but if I put it down for any amount of time, I forget and have to re-learn. I tend to bite my nails, and doing something crafty with my hands could help with that, though.

You nailed another issue on the head for me- I do want to be fun and do stuff and be social, but I just really am not about clubbing and late nights anymore. My idea of fun has changed a lot, and I don't need to apologize for that. I just need to find ways to have my kind of fun with my kind of people...

Oh, and I love Scrabble!

My idea of fun has changed a lot, and I don't need to apologize for that. I just need to find ways to have my kind of fun with my kind of people...

Ditto!

You are welcome to come to crafty night. If you're interested in knitting, I can help. Otherwise you can bring a crafty actvity of your choice. Eventually I hope to have stuff organized enough that I can provide a crafty activity or two, but I haven't gotten that far yet.

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