Things to do when bored:
1. go for a walk
2. write a short story
3. if you�re more ambitious, write a novel
4. write poetry
5. write a song
6. write something, anything at all
7. sleep (my favorite)
8. calculate the radius of all the planets (I know, I�m a geek)
9. embroider
10. ride in a shopping cart at Wal-mart and refuse to get out
11. go door to door trying to sell Subaru Foresters using your best Australian accent
12. better yet, pretend you�re the Crocodile Hunter and wrestle your younger sibling's stuffed toys
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13. walk up and down your street singing the national anthem
14. make your own website (or update the one you have)
15. philosophize (�do beavers have art in their dams?� actually happened in my philosophy class, long story, don�t ask�)
16. make your own newspaper and give it to all your friends, or if you really want to freak people out, stand on the corner of your street yelling �Extra, extra, read all about it!� and handing out your newspaper to complete strangers
17. practice writing with your non-writing hand until you become ambidextrous
18. open up a kool-aid stand
19. rediscover your childhood by cleaning out the closet you haven�t cleaned out in 10 years (you wouldn�t believe what I had in mine)
20. learn how to play the bagpipes
21. pretend you�re a little kid again and play with all your old toys
22. learn another language
23. take your camera to the park and take pictures of anything you find interesting
24. download RealOne (the FREE one) from
http://www.real.com put your favorite CD in your CD-ROM and watch Annabelle the sheep dance in the visualizations
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25. download chicken pong from
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10036-100-2651923.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.2651923
26. go buy an anti-virus program if you don�t already have one (shame on you!) or download a trial from
http://www.symantec.com/downloads
27. read a book
28. look at the pictures in a bio textbook
29. surf through the sites in the yahoo! Member Pages Directory
30. play some games on yahoo.com or yahoo.ca (they have different games for some crazy reason
31. make a list of things to do when bored
32. finger paint
33. two words: papier mache (the flour/water stuff that you dip newspaper/tissue paper in, cover a balloon or cardboard with, then paint when dry)
34. order pizza
35. knit
36. listen to music
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37. dye your hair
38. redecorate your room
39. bake cookies
40. contemplate the meaning of life
41. open up your word processor (Microsoft word, notepad etc.), close your eyes and press the buttons on your keyboard randomly then open your eyes and try to find actual words in what you just typed
42. go to
http://www.bored.com
43. color in a coloring book
44. stand facing the corner of an elevator, don�t get off and say �beep� every 4 seconds
45. take out(and watch) one of the crazy movies from the library
46. paint your room a different color
47. dance
48. ponder the answers to rhetorical questions, such as if you were travelling at the speed of light (in your car), what would happen if you turned your headlights on?
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49. buy a cheap cactus and see how long they really do live with no water(mine's at a year and a half and counting)
50. camp out in the backyard pretending you�re on Survivor
51. go to the beach (if you live near one)
52. romp through a wheat field (never tried it in real life but I�ve heard people actually do this)
53. two words: cow tipping
54. pick a soap opera and re-write an episode the way you�d have it if you ran the show
55. put on some flannel pyjamas, grab your old teddy bear and watch some Disney movies (I recommend Hercules, it was very good)
56. write your own choose-your-own-adventure story
57. read the Harry Potter books
58. read the Everworld series by K. A. Applegate (but be warned, it�s a 12-book series so it�ll take a while to read)
59. have a water balloon fight with your friends
60. invent a large group of imaginary friends
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61. if it�s snowy where you live, make a snow angel, then make a Frosty the snowman look-a-like in your backyard
62. plan the ultimate road trip, then start saving for it
63. watch old sitcoms like Hanging with Mr. Cooper and Full House
64. dress up in a cape and pretend your batman
65. write an essay on who your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was and why
66. do some volunteer work
67. help out at the local Food Bank/soup kitchen
68. make a mixed tape
69. find something better to do than read a long list of things to do when bored
70. do cartwheels down all the aisles in Wal-mart
71. meditate
72. did I say sleep?
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73. get to know your younger sibling(s) better
74. write a letter to your best friend completely in subscript, request that he/she write back completely in superscript
75. play house
76. make your own magazine
77. play some computer games you haven�t played in a while
78. eat all of the marshmallows out of the box of Lucky Charms
79. have a picnic in the park
80. swing on the swings at the playground
81. build a fort (the little kid kind with blankets and chairs, or even better, snow)
82. play anywhere but here (think of where you�d go if you could be anywhere but where you are now)
83. draw a plan for your dream house (it�s ok if you can�t draw too well)
84. talk to someone you normally wouldn�t talk to
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85. compose a song
86. roast marshmallows over candles (ask your parents first if you still live with them)
I am not responsible if your roasted marshmallows taste like candle wax
87. practice your somersaults
88. study really really hard for a test so you do really really good on it and make everybody proud (just make sure not to brag too much)
89. go shopping
90. get a really big piece of paper and draw a mural
91. start a diary/journal
92. look for really crazy/funny words in the dictionary
93. make a collage
94. sculpt
95. draw a bowl of fruit
96. become one with the universe
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97. jump rope, learn how to double dutch
98. pretend you�re Rocky Balboa and jog to a building that has lots of steps
99. count the stars
100. learn how to do a handstand/headstand
101. learn origami
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