I am so fucking bored

[WhateverTheySay]

BORED. Absolutely fuck all to do. Sick of watching shit on telly, reading, cooking. Sick of going for a fucking walk, I might go whole hog and turn left at the end of that road instead of turning right just for a change, that's the big news here today. The cat shit on the carpet this morning at least cleaning it up gave me something new to do. I want to go to a theme park, I want to go to London for the day, I want to go to the pub, take my Mum out for lunch, get smashed in a beer garden with my mates. Haven't seen the fuckers for months. Go on that luxury solo trip I treated myself to last year that never happened. Just me, my ipod, a massive glass of alcohol and a pool. Instead I'm stuck at home every bastard day driving myself mad with overthinking because there's nothing to distract me. Get me on a fucking plane away from this bullshit. Rant over!!

Oh and I'm also 8 weeks pregnant with cracking morning sickness!

Today I’m doing some ironing. I never iron. It’s bad in this house. I also need to go to aldi but might do that tomorrow so I can enjoy the anticipation of leaving the house a bit longer.

Me too! I really need to have a good sort out of clothes and other stuff but there’s nowhere to take things too so it just all ends up getting shoved back in cupboard. Bored of cooking, bored of the same dog walks, bored of the same 4 walls. Haven’t quite reached the stage where I want to iron yet though.

I just spent a productive hour doing my tax return. I actually almost enjoyed it.

I KNOW I should be using the time wisely. But then URGH. Everything is just SO much effort. And that further fuels the apathy and lethargy.

So I'm sitting catching up with The Cabins. Even though it's mostly dull as fuck.

I'm thinking of doing memory tests later using a pack of cards and seeing how many I can memorise. I don't know why.

I'm sure when the first lockdown ended there was something I wish I had done with my time. I can't remember what. I can however, guarantee it will come back to me after this lockdown is finished.

Me too! Think me and DC have watched every U rated film on Sky/Netflix none left to watch! The most excitement I get nowadays is writing out my shopping list.

Since no-one is going to appear at your door to amuse you, you're going to have to amuse yourself. How about knitting, crocheting, sewing, starting a blog, playing an online game, (some are free), Cook/bake something you've never cooked before, if you have a Kindle you can get free books and games, jigsaws, painting by numbers, much nicer than they used to be, learning online, exploring a museum online like the Smithsonian which has lots of things to do, ditto the British Museum, learn a language, some safari parks have virtual tours, create a 2020 time family box to bury - what would you each put in the box? Get all your friends online and hold a pub quiz - prize to the winner after lockdown, write a book, short stories, poems, learn a musical instrument.

That's all I can think of but there must be something in that lot that you might want to try. If not, I guess you will remain in your comatose state of boredom.

I'm bored too. I'm contemplating sorting out my screws and putting them in labelled jars.

I was downstairs being bored so now I've come upstairs to be bored up here for a change of scenery. I'm usually really good at entertaining myself and I have lots of things i could watch or read or do, but my attention span is shot to shit atm.

I'm so with you op

I've got fecking fibro up the wazoo
Gout in my hands need knee replacements
The menopause is a killer that's making everything else worse
And chronic arthritis

I dream of putting a large black pond liner around the front room and filling
It with warm water, sliding off my chair and exercising gently in the water
I can't walk I'm in sodding pain, and can't go for a swim
I'm desperate for a gentle massage and a float around utter bliss

Thank you Crankley. None of that had occurred to those of us whose mental health is so fucked that even getting out of bed is an effort.
Must head out for a nice walk. haven’t tried that yet.

I am there with you too. Man do I miss life. I miss going out with ds for the day, exploring around London like we did. Shopping. Cinema. Restaurants. I miss popping round peoples houses. I miss my mum!!!!
Instead, I'm lying here, wearing an oodie, drinking gin and getting fat. It sucks.

I'm with you OP. I have watched every single series of Spooks and am now working my way through the Crown.

I've had to stop looking at Booking.com because it's too depressing. The irony is that I haven't been abroad for 6 years but now all I can think about is sitting in a cafe at the beach with a massive plate of seafood a a very cold bottle of white wine. In reality the most exciting thing I have to look forward is DD going to bed so that I can open a bottle of wine and watch more telly!!!

I've bought yet another dress on eBay. No idea when I will actually go out anywhere in the near future where I have to dress up (food shopping and walking the dog doesn't really fit the brief 😩) but it makes me feel hopeful!

The most exciting thing I've done all week is go to a different supermarket for groceries. Took maybe two hours (not going to lie, I drove home via the scenic route) but being out felt nice. I'm seriously tempted to go for a drive tomorrow just for something to do.

I can't see my family (they all live at least fifteen minutes away from me) can't see my partner (he lives an hour away in a different county) and while I'm still at work, even that's boring because we have no customers. I spent most of my last shift cleaning random crap.

I was really hoping to get to Edinburgh for my birthday in April but I just can't see it happening.

God I feel your pain op, I can’t phone anyone up because I am so boring I haven’t got anything to say.
Went to the opticians in the week, was so excited to have an outing and put my nice coat on.

I hate every minute of every day at the moment. This isn't a life it's just an existence. I go to sleep not caring if I wake up.

I'm so bored I'm considering getting a job for my days off.

I had to order a new laptop the other day - click and collect I was more excited with the trip out than the new laptop ha ha. I had to fill up with petrol too so that meant chocolate as I am trying not to buy in normal shop so we dont eat so much.

Today we had the tree man here to take out a huge hedge so our excitement was watching that happen and actually speaking to neighbour we share with. Three of my neighbours are shielding but I had to do a house clearance in London (rented and needed to go back) so still only 6 days since I did that so keeping our distance a bit longer despite only having distanced contact with movers (2 of them)

So not quite as boring as most but I thought you could live vicariously for a bit

dementedma I was trying to help but you obviously prefer to wallow in boredom. Enjoy.

I cleaned every cupboard out in lockdown 1, and with hindsight that one wasn’t too bad at least the weather was good.
I’d love to book a holiday and just go out for the day, instead we had floor picnic.

Crankely, look. i get that you were trying to be helpful but some of your suggestions are a bit daft. Write a blog? And write what? Today I stayed in...today I stayed in...today I stayed in...
If you are not a “crafty” person, then knitting, sewing, crocheting are not enticing in the slightest. Cooking is something we all have to do anyway just to keep ourselves and our families fed. Jigsaws are no good when the family table is needed for meals.

I am not “wallowing” in boredom. On the contrary, I hate it. But the things I normally enjoy doing are closed to me:
Visiting friends
Collecting sea glass (more than 5 miles to the coast)
Swimming (pools are closed)
Travelling to other countries
Going to the theatre

Surely you can see that with all these gone, options like colouring in are ..well...boring?

I have found my people - but wait!

For one morning only excitement awaits me. Today I have received a goodie box from the bowel screening programme. So on Monday I get to provide a sample. Bag it and box it and stick it in the post box.

I am breathless with the anticipation.

and yes I know its a serious thing but hey gotta find my thrills where I can

blogging isn't that bad an idea - but it souldn't be what I did today kind of thing. SO would be picking something to think about, learning to style the blog, maybe on the walk taking pics - interesting to others but maybe not you sort of thing. I mean this thread is quite entertaining and we are all just bored lol. Maybe find on line training in something, fall down a rabbit hole on you tube - I will be unlikely to become a bushcraft guru but I enjoy some of the videos and back catalogues of scenic places. You can make lists of where you want to visit and research the places to come up with lists of places to visit. Do something nic for a friend (feeling the same way) send a card, write a real letter - it doesn't have to be massively long even missing our get togethers, nothing much doing here just plodding on, how did x go after out last meet up, how are your parents blah blah blah

I have been going round doing speciic cleaning stuff - spice cupboard today (with good view of hedge disappearing out the kitchen window) sorting out an old domain name and email - deleting and changing over all my passwords/log ins on certain things, made a few cakes which haven't done in a while. Sorted my shopping for a couple of weeks, cleaned the fridge water tank, haven't got so desperate the hoovers out yet but maybe tomorrow - lol

Oh im with you. And from next week work have cut down my hours in the building, so im down from 4 to 1.5 days .
Sick of looking at the same walls

@Crankley oh fuck off!!! What's it like to be so fucking perfect?!