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 probably not what most people would think was particularly exciting or interesting but that doesn't really matter to me! I'm happy with my husband, family and I love my job. I have good friends and hobbies that I enjoy. I have no real desire for it to get much more "interesting"!

For me interesting does not mean 'drama'. Lots of posters seem to be equating the two. I've had plenty of drama - family members with addictions / life threatening illnesses and I 100% did not find any of that interesting. If I'm honest it was in equal measure highly stressful and highly tedious. I was bored dealing with medical stuff and emotionally propping other people up, all the while being frightened beyond compare about what the outcome might actually be...

So no, drama is certainly not interesting nor the sign of an interesting life for me.

I have a friend who seem to exist in a constant whirlwind of drama - medical crises galore and over the years she has sort of allowed it to become who she is, it dominates her life. I don't want that, as it makes for dull conversations a lot of the time. I love her dearly and have known her most of my life so I would never hurt her or say anything, I listen and make the right noises and try to move the conversation on sometimes depending on how serious it is.

I lead a really interesting life for me - and isn't that the caveat - it's interesting for me.

DH & I work in a very creative sector and get to work with amazingly interesting, talented people every single day and I find that really energizing.

We travel a lot and have really lovely friends and a happy home life. I have loads of interests I research and I am never bored.

I suspect mine is interesting from the outside. As a source of gossip. But actually I love my quiet little family, predictable routine and no overwhelming expectations. The drama comes from outside sources so it affects my family but it isn't something I court.

I started learning French this year which spices up my life a bit. You need to find a interesting hobby or remain open to the chance to learn a new skill etc as well.
There are lots of ones that are out there, all you need to do is explore your options in education, the wholly informal kind. My passion for foreign languages meant that I started looking online for a good tutor who I now see over Zoom for a proper formal French one to one online lesson once a week.

I enjoy my life, but I wouldn't think people outside of me find it interesting.
I enjoy a mostly quiet life, with my husband, dd and my books. I do go out on the odd occasion to meet up with friends, cocktail nights etc but only every so often. So yes to others it probably not interesting, but I like that. I don't want people finding me interesting enough to want to keep tabs on me.

@NoodleNooNoo

Life? No. Job? Very.

Life: I have a lovely husband, 3 step kids who I have a great relationship with, 2 best friends, cooking, cleaning, laundry.... but I’m lucky to have a family life that is boring rather than filled with drama and stress.

Work: stressful, distressing, always interesting. I have worked with killers, serial killers, victims of various terror attacks. Sometimes boring is good.

Intelligence services ?

Psychologist

Interesting to me is curiosity a love of learning, trying new experiences.

My job is interesting in that it is different and challenging every day. You never quite know what's going to happen which I like.

My home life is less interesting, more busy. My DH and children prefer a quieter life than me which limits what we do. I would like to go to things like festivals but i know my family would hate, it so we don't. Sometimes I have moments of regret when I see couples/ families where they are all adventurous and fun and off doing things.

When they were babies/ pre schoolers my life was less interesting due to the all encompassing nature of small children and lack of sleep drained me of energy and motivation. Also the covid lockdowns were awful. I felt we'd exhausted every walk, park, idea, toy and game we had and needed a fresh injection of energy in the form of new people or places.

Yes interesting job, great family, amazing friends, hobbies, I even like cleaning, plenty of exercise. Life is good at the moment. There are things I would like to do but at the moment I enjoy the things that I do

I think my life is interesting, we are massive theme park fans and spend every weekend riding coasters, I can imagine this is other people’s idea of hell however!! We do a lot of mini breaks and go away on theme park tours in the holidays. I find my job interesting (teach in social care) but I work 9am to midnight Monday to Friday which again other people world find dull.

But in answer to your question yes I think my life is interesting 😀

It's boring, completely and utterly boring.

I get up at the same time and make a cup of lousy coffee. I drink it whilst clicking through e-mails (all totally dull, not even a creative spam in there). The cat sits on my lap, then decides an old box is more stimulating (my husband came to the same decision years ago).

I don't bother with breakfast, because every cornflake is the same, so I go off on my bike.

When I come back I start work. Tap, tap tap, blah, blah, blah, it is always the same. I work from home, so there are not even any office politics or water-cooler gossip mills to distract me. I ask the cat to tell me a joke and she says, 'Me? 'ow?'

Then I go to see my elderly, very deaf, mother. We have a conversation that goes something like this:

'Hello Mum',

'WHAT?'

'Hello Mum',

'WHAT?'

HELLO MUM'.

'STOP SHOUTING I'M NOT DEAF!

After an hour of miscommunication (she refuses to even consider getting a hearing aid), I return home.

My son is 20, but he is permanently stuck in grumpy, aloof teenage mode (he gets on very well with the cat!), so I just offer him a meal and leave him to argue with his girlfriend on the phone.

Then I go to bed.

That's it.

@caravanman why are you letting life pass you by like this?

@peboh

I enjoy my life, but I wouldn't think people outside of me find it interesting. I enjoy a mostly quiet life, with my husband, dd and my books. I do go out on the odd occasion to meet up with friends, cocktail nights etc but only every so often. So yes to others it probably not interesting, but I like that. I don't want people finding me interesting enough to want to keep tabs on me.

I'm the same really. I also have a lot less stress and pressure now than a few years ago. And I am very thankful for that.

Yes. I'm an expat in a country with a very different culture and a very difficult language, so life is often very interesting

I think mine is interesting but not sure if others would consider it so. I have a very unusual career that gives me a lot of freedom in terms of time. I've travelled a lot and live in a foreign country. I've got a kind of thrilling (at least to me!) hobby. I meet interesting people through that.