Bored with life...

[eviljedi]

Lately I've been feeling bored with life...

 

It's the summer and I feel like I should be enjoying myself yet all I do is sit in all day. Occasionally I will hang out with my friends or go to a few bars. I've stopped going to bars as much because I think it's sad that people feel they can't have a good time without getting drunk. I don't have a girlfriend and to be honest, I don't have any motivation to get one. I feel like Austin Powers - I've lost my mojo I don't have any motivation to do anything...I end up sitting up all night playing computer games and then I eventually fall asleep for half the day.

 

How can I get my passion for life back?

[mokajava]

Hi there, I hope what you're going through is only temporary.

I suggest you start with little things that motivate you, like going to the park with a friend, and build up from there. You'll see it's like a snowball. I think the hardest part is to start, the first step. But then, one thing leads to another.

good luck!

[Sally00]

Dude... I feel the exact same. My routine this summer is getting up late, going on the computer and playing HALO, talking to friends on AIM, giving advice on this site, etc. (anything computer related). Oh, and I eat. Then sleep very late... so by the time I get up, the day's already halfway over. THAT is how bored I am.

 

I have a boyfriend, too. But I see him like twice a week (Friday and Saturday)... sometimes on weekdays. And my friends... well, they are either at work or school.

 

My boyfriend says I am his social life. I feel the same about him. Our social lives are only social twice a week for half a day. LOL. It's so sad... it makes me wanna cry.

 

All I can say... is that you're not alone... hence eNotAlone.

[nottoogreen]

All of you please cheer up. Balance yourself, find new ideas. Wicked.

[Terry Andrew]

Yeah I understand what you are going through, just spending the whole day either sleeping, playing on the computer, eating and probably do something small.

Well, you can either start a job part-time or full-time this will help your financial picture and really eat away those boring hours.

You can also start having some crazy adventures on your own, like running at night and exploring your neighbourhood at night. P.S. This may turn out scary!

Try some other sorces of enjoyment, I mean don't look at your computer as your only source to have fun, what you should really be doing now is having time to do what you always wanted when you were at school. Maybe just chilling out at some bar or visiting some pool area. Just get out there, staying at your home can be really unhealthy, the same old boring environment really strikes you. Remember you'll only get motivation to do something new when you go out there and taste it yourself, not just relying on observation or opinions. Well, I recommend you should consider some hobbies that suit you like model-building for the creative minded or dating for the daring.

[bobo85]

Get a job, go to summer school, go to the gym.

 

do something to keep your day busy.

[eviljedi]

I just heard the new Less Than Jake song - Overrated. It describes exactly how I'm feeling. Here are the lyrics:

 

Maybe I'm jaded and bored

Always looking for more

Wait around for the next big fix

I know I'm a wreck, I'm a mess

But I couldn't care less

Don't know what it would take to change me

 

Everybody's so afraid to be different

Please excuse me now if I don't get it

 

I think sex is overrated

So is always getting wasted

Designer drugs and dead end jobs

And classic rock is so outdated

I'm so sick of therapy

And all the things it's done to me

How can I be satisfied?

When everything is overrated

 

Maybe the problem is me

But I won't make believe

And I can't take this mediocrity

What if this is a test?

And I deserve what I get?

Will I wake up with all the answers?

 

Everybody's too afraid to be different

Please excuse me now if I don't listen

 

I think sex is overrated

So is always getting wasted

Designer drugs and dead end jobs

And classic rock is so outdated

I'm so sick of therapy

And all the things it's done to me

How can I be satisfied?

When everything is overrated

 

(Woah, woah).

When everything is overrated.

 

Can't stand the normal

Can't stand the ordinary

Find me anything that's extraordinary

Show me something

Show me anything

Am I the only one?

Am I the only one?

 

I think sex is overrated

So is always getting wasted

All my friends and family

They make my life so complicated

I'm so sick of apathy and TV show reality

How can I be satisfied?

When everything is overrated.

 

Woah, woah.

When everything is overrated.

[AntiLove_SuperStar]

I decided to do something for a similar situation. I was bored with life recently, and whilst on holiday in Egypt decided to

 

a) go to the coast for 2-3 days next week with a friend

b) get a tattoo later this week before I went

 

Just to make things more interesting. Only a couple of days ago, I had a seizure, so no tattooing or holidays for me for a couple of weeks, and then I have other stuff to do....just grab moments where you can do stuff whilst you still can! You never know what limitations will be on you.