Confessions of an Undisguised Drama Queen

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

A Challenge of Creativity

After slogging it out for 4+ months in school and pining for the holidays, there's finally no more pining. However, days with absolutely nothing to do (meaning: no appointments, no dates, no prior planned activity with a friend) are inevitable (unless, of course, you are working).

As I have repeatedly complained of extreme boredom, I'm quite sure there are people out there who feel the same way. So, instead of mopping around the house the whole day trying find stuff to do or rolling in bed and refusing to get up because there's nothing better to do (which is the case for me... hard to curb with such a comfortable bed), I will attempt to create a little list of things that you can do when you're bored (some activities, however, are more applicable to the feminine sex).

1. Sleep in and dream. Dreaming is good for your brain. Apparently the brain activity of someone sleeping is higher than a person watching TV.
Time taken: 4 hours

2. Make breakfast for yourself and your family (if they're still in bed). There's nothing better than to wake up to a hot, ready-made breakfast. A fancy meal is not necessary - just a well done toast, scrambled eggs and coffee/ tea would do nicely (not easy to screw up ya?).
Time taken: 2 hours (this includes having breakfast and of course, washing up.)

3. Read the newspapers from cover to cover, every single nitty gritty detail. Even the classifieds (so you know what jobs are in demand and what jobs are not. it's important knowledge!).
Time taken: 1 hour

4. Clear out and organize your wardrobe. Colour code or arrange according to brand, it's your call. Throw out those items you haven't worn more than a year and put them up for sale on ebay or yahoo auctions to make some money (this will pass even more time because you'll have to take pictures of the clothing and upload them online).
Time taken: 3 hours

5. Take out your shoes and treat them to some thorough cleaning! Well-cared shoes will last you longer and give you your money's worth (especially the leather ones: give them a good conditioning)
Time taken: 1.5 hours

6. Pamper yourself and give yourself a top-to-toe beauty treatment. Do a hair mask, facial scrub then mask, full body exfoliation and moisturise, moisturise, moisturise; then a mani-pedi.

Like my DIY manicure?
Time taken: Whoa hoo 3.5 hours!

7. Lazy to hit the gym? Take a walk around your neighbourhood - as far as your legs can take you. It's quality time alone, you get to know your heartland better (you may discover a convenience/video/hardware/any useful store just round the corner that you never knew existed) and it's good exercise.
Time taken: 1 hour.

8. Go to the video store and borrow a foreign movie you've never planned to watch.
Time taken: (for the borrowing and the watching) 2.5 hours.

9. Flip through your old autograph books from primary school and secondary school and write letters to best friends/ buddies/ penpals you've lost touch with over the years. What's more heartwarming then finding lost friendships?
Time taken: 3 hours

10. Watch and re-watch FRIENDS with a large bowl of popcorn and laugh yourself silly.
Time taken: Depends on how many seasons you watch; but you'd probably stop after 8 hours because of an aching tummy after all the laughing and popcorn.

Total time spent: 29.5 hours! Voila, you have stuff to do for more than a day!

[Time of Confession] 11:01 PM
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