Is your life interesting?

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

Life at the moment is not terribly interesting, but pre covid it was interesting enough for me. A challenging career, a teenage DD, lovely friends, a sense of adventure and enthusiasm for new experiences meant that I was usually doing or planning something interesting. I look forward to getting back to that life.

oh yes me too in bed soon as kids eventually get to bed, so always in bed by 10, usually much earlier, this is down to exhaustion due to kids but I love it and its certainly interesting!

Well I think so. Don't know if it looks as if it is from the outside.

I am retired from my career but now find I have the time to research anything that catches my attention, read more and be more aware of what's going on.
We have dogs and a bit of land for gardening and camp outs with grandchildren or just us when we feel like it.
We socialise with friends, who are interesting and creative, and interested in numerous arenas and issues. Just sitting with some wine in the evening produces fascinating conversations and wild flights of fancy, and sometimes leads to projects.
We go to concerts, galleries and theatres. We have a tiny inherited cottage in Scotland, which helps us keep in touch with that side of our roots.
We go to the village pub, which holds a mix of people from all walks of life, with differing views and beliefs, which is one of the best things about the village.
I’m in a very active coven, I was in a choir pre Covid, which I would like to return to, and I work part time as a Registrar of Marriages. I also read Tarot cards locally and have a (ever increasing) collection of dolls houses and miniature items, some of which I make myself.
I am just about to join a drumming group and resume involvement in environmental and anti nuclear activism. I might even join the WI…

…My younger self would be curling her lip at most of these, and thinking how excruciatingly boring it all sounds. 🤷‍♀️

It used to be. Living in central London, good job, lots of friends, lots of interesting cultural stuff, holidays to interesting places.

Now it’s pretty boring - living in the burbs with a disabled DC who can’t cope with most situations outside the home, very little down time to pursue my own interests. But my job is still very stimulating, so I feel very lucky about that.

Far too fucking interesting for someone who is supposed to do nothing but sit on their ass all day. 😁

Wheras Giblets idea of a tv job being interesting is not an interesting world to me, id find listening to people all day awful

Id hate to be a presenter but I think some will have had very interesting lives as they can do certain experiences that aren't open to all.

Yes, I think so.
I’m always learning new things with and about my dog. I do a lot of group sporting/fitness things with people and wild swimming - seeing nature from the water is amazing!
We go away a lot to different events around the country……..

@Marni83

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

Is it? I didn't realise the OP had specified.

Nonetheless I have a fulfilled & varied life but I don't think it's particularly interesting.

Well it's fairly mundane, work, kids etc but I like my job and find it interesting and DH and the kids make me laugh every day. We have holidays of varying standards (thanks COVID!) and generally it's all good. Nothing worth writing a TV show about admittedly but I can't complain!

@dreamofaVWcamper

Mines a joke, Despite my best efforts I don't know why I get out of bed It's a shit show

we may be twins.

To other people my life is probably boring but it's fine for me. I'm never bored as there are always books to read. Job is challenging, sometimes interesting, sometimes tedious and always stressful, but the days fly by.

I think my life is charmed.
Dh and I have a great life, holidays at least twice a year together and sometimes more. We love traveling. We dine out at least once a week, we took the grandchildren on one of the Disney uk staycation cruises this summer, spent a week on a gorgeous Welsh beach and had a couple of weekends away.

This week we have returned to live theatre. Our friends are wonderful and we do have a great social network but we are also very happy just sitting in companionable silence together or watching crap on tv.

Our children are all adults now, so no broken nights, mortgage finished and we both have terrific jobs. We loved working from home together, something I’ve done for years but I miss DH now he’s making a return to the office.

We have a loving relationship and trust and respect each other, he never takes me for granted and does more than his share around the house. We have our dream home now. Life is worth living and I feel thankful every day. It hasn’t always been easy for either of us.

Yes.
Never a quiet moment between the kids, DH and the locals, great fun daily :)

Yes but I'm sure an outsider looking on would think it's dull as ditchwater.

Luckily I could not give two shits and just get on with enjoying myself :)

Very. I retrained in an interesting field after the kids went to school and really love my job. We have an old house to renovate, enjoy hiking and travel as a family, and I do various sports. I like attending lectures on workshops re: history and writing, or related to my job. Socialise with friends in a vibrant city. Did all this with toddlers, too - I don't see a reason you can't keep living your life with kids.

You can learn plenty of things online for free. It's how I got into coding. I also do history courses on Coursera. I read a lot. You don't need to pay for a masters.

Interesting enough for me. I have an interesting job, hobbies, friends, activities.
Depends on your definition of interesting I guess?

Yes very interesting. One thing that definitely makes it more so is having an interesting and varied job. I also don't work the same hours every day so I dont feel like every day is the same and i don't have to sit in traffic all the time. We also don't have children so have more freedom to be spontaneous and travel where we want. I have an amazing group of friends who embrace life and love to have fun.

Sometimes mine is interesting, other times pretty average. Just have regular things that I do that are interesting, also plan for things to look forward to that are interesting and be a bit spontaneous sometimes.

@Rannva How can I do a masters abroad for free?

Nope. Incredibly dull. I work, I eat, I sleep. At weekends I look after my elderly mother and do housework. Thats about it

Interesting enough, though far less interesting than it was when I was in my 20s/30s. I've found as I have got older that what I consider "interesting" has changed.

Until my DD was born I had a very short attention span and craved "interesting" situations to a point where it bordered on self-destruction.

I was interested in what I then called passion/romance but I would now call feckless men who can't make up their mind and won't commit.

I thought I was interested in passionate debate and discussion but a lot of that was actually drunken evenings being ranted at by people with strong opinions which they feel the world needs to know.

I thought I was interested in being as ambitious as I possibly could be and having a "prestigious" job which I could sound impressive talking about. Until I discovered that a lot of "prestigious" jobs are actually horrendously exploitative.

I thought I was interested in drinking too much and occasionally dabbling with drugs and they underpinned my social life.

I still get bored quite easily and I still need to be stimulated but I increasingly value stability, honesty, calm and routine. And I now value being around people who I can rely on and who aren't bullshitters more than people who are "interesting" for its own sake.

It's a trade off between "interesting" and "comfortable" to some extent: I wouldn't want to sink so far into middle aged comfort that every day was exactly the same and I had nothing more to look forward to than watching TV with the same person every evening. I do think having some mental stimulation and change in your life is absolutely critical to staying alive.

But I no longer crave difficulty and challenge for the sake of it and I feel much happier for it.

I think so. I try to take the kids to interesting, lesser explored places. I try to set little running or swimming goals. So this week I am running 10k and next week I am swimming 4k. I make a point of doing interesting holidays on a budget, like getting to Italy by train or staying in random youth hostels. Not interesting to many I guess, but keeps me occupied.

It was more interesting pre pandemic! I think I need to make more effort to bring joy back.

I am happy with the things I do, I don't care if they are considered interesting. I think 'interesting' is quite a sneering word at times.

I think mine is fairly interesting. Work p/t in a Nursery which I love. Volunteer at local church, which takes up a lot of time. Choir on Sunday and rehearsal in the week. Church, school and home are all less than a mile apart so I rarely leave the village. I guess to others it might seem boring but not to me. Never been one for pubs and clubs if I’m honest.