Is your life interesting?

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If it is, in what way? How do you make it interesting, what do you do?

It's OK - could be better, could be worse. We're trying to get out and about more now that restrictions are over and that's been brilliant, but it's not an interesting life as such - very few people's lives are really interesting imo.

Yes. I am a Christian.

I once heard it said that if you are a Christian, your life is never boring.

Being a Christian gives life a long term purpose, focus and interest. Dare I say it, all the way to eternity!

When I lived abroad and felt I wasnt doing enough I did a free online course that was really good, on www.coursera.org/
Mine was on climate change mitigation but theres loads to choose from so ups your interesting levels according to your interest.
Now I feel like my kids social secretary and cant keep up so dont worry the toddler years dont last long!

Yes v interesting! I love my horses, yoga, gardening, part time business, oh and my DH of course (whoops).

My 3 DCs are all moving in different directions and I'm really proud of them.

I don't go on holiday these days due to Covid. For the same reason, no parties, theatre etc., so some would say my life is deadly dull.

But it's not. Life is what you make it.

Not in the slightest. Sometimes I’m quite content, other times I miss having someone to go to gigs with or on weekends away.

I have led a fantastic exciting life,but all in the past.My life now is as dull as it could be.No interest in it at all.

Oh indeed yes.. It is fascinating, challenging, unusual to many . And it is where and how I longed for for several decades of being unable to get here or have other obligation and deterrents.
At nearly eighty …. Living alone on a small offshore Irish island with seven cats. . Peace. Beauty. No unattractive obligation. A freedom. Oh disabled and with CFS/ME and my active day is very short but filled with quiet occupations....filled to the very brim.

Life is a privilege and too short. I lost far too many years to medical mayhem and abuse. But I still have years to revel in and even with pain etc I love life deeply. Too much to ask more than I have. No relatives but the whole world is kinship. Never married etc. Always alone in that sense,
Very very tired now bit rest is good in a snug bed with a cat purring and the wild wind singing a lullaby over the ruffled rumpled ocean. .

Oh I wish my life were a little more boring.
I'm fed up with drama and problems and issues and everything else. I wish there was just one week where I didn't have something to 'deal' with. Then hopefully I might be able to enjoy the little things and look forward, rather than bumble on to the next issue.

I’ll just leave this here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/4327788-Is-there-a-specific-Mature-Study-Retraining-board?msgid=110096218

for anyone who’s interested.

@HeadNorth

I've just bought a 2 year old Arab horse - interesting times ahead for me

Fun & challenging times! Fantastic project.

I would say mine is interesting yes - I also live abroad in a stunning, world famous place, I have a slightly random (but challenging) job where no day is the same and I am exposed to some unusual people and situations....I have enjoyable, sporty hobbies, get to mix with all sorts of people from all over the world. Can't complain! I'm easily bored though so have taken slightly risky decisions in life to keep things interesting!

It is to me, yes.

I pursue things that interest me.

I struggle to relate to people who complain that their lives are boring.

Unless you are poorly or stuck in circumstances beyond your control there is usually something you can do to find interest and purpose in life, even if you have little money or a small social circle.

@awesmum

Oh I wish my life were a little more boring. I'm fed up with drama and problems and issues and everything else. I wish there was just one week where I didn't have something to 'deal' with. Then hopefully I might be able to enjoy the little things and look forward, rather than bumble on to the next issue.

@awesmum

You’re confusing stressful with interesting

The former negative
The latter positive

Not in the slightest! Like a PP, we’re all bored! The only thing interesting about it is running the D.C. around to their activities and cooking dinner

At the risk of giving a stupid answer, I find my life fairly interesting but I suspect many would find it much less so.

I made / make it interesting by finding a career that stimulates the mind, and pursuing hobbies / interests in my spare time!

My one regret is that I have spent far too many nights hanging out with friends and work colleagues when I could have been at home reading a book or researching interests online or pursuing those interests. Or I could have been out by myself at a gallery or a show.

@LaetitiaASD Sorry to hear you regret hanging out with friends. Maybe it was worth it though as presumably you have a good social network now because of it? I sometimes feel similarly though!

@HerRoyalNotness

Not in the slightest! Like a PP, we’re all bored! The only thing interesting about it is running the D.C. around to their activities and cooking dinner

Well hopeful if your DC have activities they’re not bored

I used to have a very stressful abusive life, i made a decision to change it. Now have the most content and exciting life. My DH and i are not wealthy but live a great life. We moved to the coast and live a simple but busy life, we travel when we can, we use Youth hostels, caravan parks or travelodge style hotels. We decided that between my Husband reaching 50 and me reaching 60 we would visit every county in the U.K and every country in Europe. It gave us 15 years to do it in and although Covid has struck we have many years left to visit the last few countries but will leave them to the very end as i want to be in Leningrad for my 60th. Spring 2024 will be spent in North America, we will just throw a dice to decide where we visit. Life is what you make it and we are all responsible for our own choices.

I've never thought about this but thinking about it I have a fun, fairly nice, not too stressful life however I'm not sure that makes it interesting.

Interesting to me would be a job/life where you are constantly learning new things eg actresses & tv presenter who learn stuff for films or tv shows where you are taught by experts. Or travel where you get to go to places others don't. Or experiences that are out of the ordinary. It's different to the norm.

I don't think anyone would be interested in reading my autobiography so I don't think I'm interesting.

Not interesting to others but happy.

@gibletjane

I've never thought about this but thinking about it I have a fun, fairly nice, not too stressful life however I'm not sure that makes it interesting.

Interesting to me would be a job/life where you are constantly learning new things eg actresses & tv presenter who learn stuff for films or tv shows where you are taught by experts. Or travel where you get to go to places others don't. Or experiences that are out of the ordinary. It's different to the norm.

I don't think anyone would be interested in reading my autobiography so I don't think I'm interesting.

It’s about whether YOU find your life interesting Not anyone else

I have a happy but not particularly interesting life (job I enjoy, lovely DH and DC, nice friends). The thing that makes it interesting (to me) is that read a lot. Fiction and non fiction.

No!
But I am loving it! 🤩
Have amazing friends, a home, a job I enjoy and where I feel appreciated!
And I also have two tiny puppies to avoid any mental health challenge EVER in my life 🥰🥰🥰
But we are in bed(s) by 10 pm and enjoy just being in each other’s company without anything fancy 🤩🤩

I wouldn't say it was interesting but I have a nice life and am very happy. happy marriage, great DC, nice house and financially stable. I think I'm very lucky but I have friends who would be bored to death with my life.

Yes.

More than I want it to be.

Oh yes its all subjective, many would see my life as not interesting even though I find it perfectly interesting. Indeed HerRoyal says cooking dinner is not interesting, but I find it super interesting! I love dinner it is a joy to cook it! I do a huge lot of driving kids to activities and cooking dinner but this is fun! Wheras Giblets idea of a tv job being interesting is not an interesting world to me, id find listening to people all day awful!

Nope utterly dull. Boring job with tons of spreadsheets (I love it but others glaze over.)
School run/ work/ home/ sleep and repeat. Don't do much exciting at weekends either, no hobbies.
I like it though.