Boredom - Ideas please

Thanks for the ideas all. I've taken it all onboard, but I'll just pick up on a few points.

I must confess I've hardly bothered with it in weeks. I don't know why, I've just lost my motivation with it a bit. I need to find new inspiration for it. I have a load of ideas for it though, its just a case of deciding what course of action to take with it.

Yes. I have to read at night in order to be able to get to sleep. If I don't, then my mind just wont shut up

On other points, we have a local library just in the square, 2 minutes walk from my house. I must confess I've never been in it. I saw the central library fall from glory (a large building with 2 floors of book shelves, cafe, chill out area, fish pond, indoor bike/pram parking area, archive room and leisure hall), now reduced to a single bookshelf in the council offices because the library building has been demolished. I guess I figured if that's how the main library went, then the local ones wouldn't even be worth bothering. I'm beginning to suspect I'm wrong, so I'll pop over and have a look next weekend.

I looked into volunteering a few times, but most of them want people at times that I can't offer, mainly during work time.

Dancing is a cracking plan. Wife and I were going to take up Salsa when we were in Sheffield. Sheffield has the single most excellent bar in the known universe. Down a dodgy little side street where sensible people don't wander at night, there is a pokey little 'house' called Cubana. Cubana is a dingey little hole of a place, with wooden furniture, a tiny bar (most of which is occupied by cigars) and barely room to swing a cat. However despite this, they still manage to fit a live band into the corner, which incidentally is made up of a small number of regulars plus any local musician who fancies having a go. The atmosphere is great, and on saturday daytimes they do 'Salsa y Vino' (basically dance then get drunk on wine). We were going to join, but then circumstances changed and we couldn't really do it. We did say that when the opportunity next arises we'll give it a go. The old folk do line dancing in the church hall next door, and there is a dance school in town.

As for Tai Chi, I did a google last night and have found a club just across town, so I might give them a ring through the week and see what they say.

 

http://www.saltburnseaangler.org.uk/home/ho me.html

Alternatively, there was this suggestion on a previous thread;

 

I agree with you Marley about the Bell Ringing. My father was a bell ringer for our local church and the sound is so lovely. When I was young and heard the bells I used to think that's my Father making that tune (never thought he had help from others).

 

what's boredom again? Oh yeah, I have distant memories of it...

 

Why don't you move house then? finding another house - in Sheffield? if you really would like to do this it would be better before your Son got settled in a school. Selling your house, buying another, doing all the decorating, getting the garden in order, that should take care of your boredom for a while!!!

Val

 

Selling up and moving is not a viable option. Wife is happy here, son is happy here and has made friends and settled in at school, lots of people seem happy that we're back, and I'm mostly happy to be back. The only downside is the boredom, which I can surely rectify.

 

A bored, unsettled feeling is not as easy to rectify as one may think. Obviously moving is out of the question if everyone else is happy, but what to do, hmmm...................!!

 

Just at thought ... I felt the same a few months back, probably still do to a degree, but it is my frustration with my job that makes me feel bored with everything at the moment, as well as the miserable weather. I have therefore, started a course in ' horticulture'. I thought this might inspire me a little as well. The rain doesn't help at the moment, as i love being outside in the garden and can't be, so i joined the course to help keep the ideas and inspiration flowing to utilise when i can. Also, with the view to widening my career horizons in the future.

The course is through the Royal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh, and the exams are at the gardens...so .. a nice little excuse for a few trips to the Botanical Gardens as well.. Don't tell my OH, he doesn't know this yet! Gives me something else to look forward to and that alleviates boredom as well - perhaps that's what you need to do, book a break somewhere or a holiday for the summer?

Good luck, i'm sure you'll over come your boredom once the nice weather comes along and you can get outside more.
Pixie.

 

Pixie, you have a point. My job is part of it. One of my new years resolutions was to devise an exit plan not just for this job, but my current career. Programming computers was fun once, but truth is I've been bored of it for a long time. Imagine hour after hour, day after day, year after year just looking at code.

shiney, good comprehensive answer there. I especially like the massive list of hobbies. I've had a quick scan down and will have a more thorough look after tea.