How do you get through your day?

[1andonly1]

At the moment, unfortunately, I don't do much other than watch my dog get old and as I have no one else to really help me, it's a struggle, ESPECIALLY mentally, to get through the day.


I don't play games (online), my 2 other friends do, quite a bit actually and they're not exactly social - I'd say they're a lot less social than I am.
It's like pulling teeth to get them to go out to do anything, unless it's a movie or whatever (but I like them, they're genuine good guys).

Another friend works full time, especially at his new job and he lost his dog 2 months ago and doesn't do much other than work and his outdoor sporting hobby.


I'm not complaining, because I need to stay with my dog as she was great company for me through the years, but, what do you guys do during the day to kill time?

I can't read, it bores me to death and my mind wanders way too fast.
I think that's my anxiety or depression kicking in, who knows. No interest for me to read, wish I could though.

So what cures your boredom?


So,

 

[Rosewood]

I have friends and family. I also love the woods near my home. I have a cat(pain sometimes). I pray and meditate, journal and read. There is online stuff of course. I don't do games. I like La theater works. moth radio. and online ted talks.
Letting time pass since my brother's suicide is a big factor, He left us in December. It reminded me of childhood things in a bad way. I am learning from this. I guess this is a gratitude list.
I just keep thinking if I had a partner I would not have been so lost last winter. Maybe it is true. I can not know. I just feel like it's time to meet someone. Most the time I am happy, but those moments crash in like waves. They are less and less. Glad I am still young and pretty for my age, Society puts so much emphasis on youth. (sad). So I can rely on all that do have .

 

[Wanderer145]

I keep fighting. Days seem to repeat themselves over and over at times with no end to loneliness. I just vary up my day walk a different way home from work take a different underground train to where I need to get to, stop somewhere to eat sometime during the week. Browse the internet on my phone too much...I never liked generation smartphone we are in but if you eventually get one it is so hard not to be on it all the time. I like to go cycling at the weekends and wander about everywhere on my own just anything to avoid staying at home in my room feeling like nothing. Games help but I dont play them as much anymore...I get sort of tired of doing these things because for all the variation, sometimes its you who feels bad and alone and wherever you go you can't stop that only reduce it a little.

 

[Cavey]

Hey, look on the bright side: at least you have friends. There are plenty of people that have lost contact with all their old friends and are now socially isolated.

By the time I've done what I have to do to provide for myself, done all my housework, kept my garden tidy, bought my groceries and done all the other boring honeysuckle I have to do on a daily basis, I don't actually have a lot of time left. To be honest, I think it's better that way. When human beings have too much time to think, they inevitably end up depressed.

Perhaps you could join a club and make some new friends with similar interests to yourself? You could also try joining in online games with your existing friends - they might be more inclined to participate in other activities if they see you taking an interest in theirs.

 

[PieBeNice]

Just wait until the day is over.

 

[thelonegamer]

Whenever something or someone bores me, I just put on my earphones and drift away from this world. Most of the day I'm at school so, there's no way I could procrastinate all day. On weekends I'm either with my girlfriend or at some nightclub drinking and having fun. Periood. That's my routine, pretty much everyone's routine in my town, every single month. During the holidays we choose to either make a trip together, or some of us go to holiday with their families, or we just stay in our town and have fun here. New year's we either go to the most turistic site in our country which attracts a lot of white people all over the world and spend it there, or we just put lots of whiskey bottles in our bags and just walk down the street at midnight taking photos, making videos... That's what we do every year with very few alternances...
Btw, when I say we, I mean me and this one guy which is a complete forever alone dude like me, the only difference is he doesn't speak English so... Just me and him

 

[johnny196775]

i get threw the day by trying to not think that something completely devastating is going to happen at any second. And so; with whatever time i have. i use it to take care of my fiance and create my own music on guitar. Mostly.

 

[Tealeaf]

The only things I can think of are puzzles and podcasts. I love to read and find games to be a great distraction, so there's always that for me.

 

[ardour]

+1 for gaming. There's no need to play online, plenty and good old school RPGs if you have the time and patience.

 

[1andonly1]

+1 for gaming. There's no need to play online, plenty and good old school RPGs if you have the time and patience.

RPGS? Like what? D&D?

Everyone is online and/or on their tablets, tech has really mucked up the good old ways of doing things in the social sense.

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Just wait until the day is over.

That sounds about right. ^5

 

[Nice But Dim Jim]

Washing the car,
Cleaning the house,
Watching movies,
ironing,
Food shopping,
Working,

Not always in that order.

 

[Mitsuhideakechi]

If your friends like MMORPGs then you could consider picking up the "tales of" series of JRPGs. They are fun couch co op games that lets one person run around like any other solo game but during the battles up to 4 people can play and it's really fun, especially if your completionists that do every little title and skit.

as for me passing the day I just surf the web or play games 85% of the time. Though I've run out of games lately and can't find anything new to play. If I'm not doing that I'm running errands or checking and applying to job listings(with any luck I'll have a job in the next few days to kill time at).

 

[WallflowerGirl83]

I usually keep myself busy by going on Forums. Socializing with people makes me feel less lonely and get my mind off of things cause I tend to think a lot during the day. When I see that none of the Forums are active or there's nothing to respond to I'll either read a book, write, watch anime or a movie, arts & crafts, relax by listening to music, abstract art: I've been getting into that a lot lately, browse the site and chat to my friends, coloring which I do too; it's very relaxing. On hot summer days I'll swim. =) And I also mess around with Tarot and Oracle Cards which I'm interested in.

 

[lonelyfairy]

My normal day: Wake up, work, groceries, home, shower, computer, sleep. Everyday 24/7. I don't know how to get through my life honestly. Sometimes I just want to give up.

 

[1andonly1]

I usually keep myself busy by going on Forums. Socializing with people makes me feel less lonely and get my mind off of things cause I tend to think a lot during the day. When I see that none of the Forums are active or there's nothing to respond to I'll either read a book, write, watch anime or a movie, arts & crafts, relax by listening to music, abstract art: I've been getting into that a lot lately, browse the site and chat to my friends, coloring which I do too; it's very relaxing. On hot summer days I'll swim. =) And I also mess around with Tarot and Oracle Cards which I'm interested in.

The Card thing I get, do you find the results to be true? Or just coincidental?

Btw, your Kurt Cobain gif, so true. The older I get, the more I appreciate his thoughts and insight. He was clearly ahead of the curve, I absolutely LOVE the quote in the image in your signature, he's 110% dead on.

I wish I appreciated him and his music more when he was alive.
I might have been a different person by now.

 

[jjessea]

Work helps. I have problems with my job but we run calls back to back to back for our entire shift on most days. I work 12 hour days which alternate between 4 and 3 days a week. Those days go by quickly, but there's still the few hours afterwards where the isolation creeps in on me. It keeps me from sleeping as much as I need to, even though I'm almost always exhausted. On my days off and often after work I go to the gym. I work out to the point of exhaustion but still have a hard time sleeping.

I plan to start hiking more now that the weather is nice. The outdoors are nice, peaceful and calming, and the sunshine helps with mood.

I used to play Aion. It's an MMORPG from Korea that I really liked. I used to play like 16 hours a day on my days off, and like 8 or so on work days. I slept even less then than I do now. I was good at it. The game got old, the player base dwindled, and NCSoft in Korea cared very little about American players. I tried a lot of other MMO's but hated them all. I'm still waiting for Blade & Soul to come out with a western version but I'm not getting my hopes up. I think I've given up games altogether.

Then there's the escorts. I get so lonely and so desperate for affection that occasionally I see an escort. I hate doing it, but because of all the ridiculous exercise that I do my body is healthy and strong, and sometimes I cannot ignore it no matter how hard I try. It's a stormy personal conflict that I struggle with and it is a very private shame.

Those are the things I do, or have done, to get through my days...

 

[VeganAtheist]

My normal day: Wake up, work, groceries, home, shower, computer, sleep. Everyday 24/7. I don't know how to get through my life honestly. Sometimes I just want to give up.

Pretty much the same thing for me, except that I only work Mon-Fri.
I also just want to give up... more often than not.
Weekends are killing me.

 

[Ymir]

I do a bunch of things. I write, I study, I listen to music, browse on the web, cook, play sports, I occasionally go to the beach. Doing things I enjoy keep me going.

 

[Peaches]

that Kurt Cobain picture is so cool, and sad, let's not forget the way his life ended

 

[WildernessWildChild]

Btw, your Kurt Cobain gif, so true. The older I get, the more I appreciate his thoughts and insight. He was clearly ahead of the curve, I absolutely LOVE the quote in the image in your signature, he's 110% dead on.

I wish I appreciated him and his music more when he was alive.
I might have been a different person by now.

It never ceases to amaze me how people flock to celebrity and put them on some kind of pedestal. Kurt was gifted musically, that much is true, but there was a lot going on in his life that led him to act out as he did....I'm not sure if '....insightful....' is the correct description of a guy who showed little regard for others.

If that gif is 'true' then does it not also apply to the person uttering that statement? It seems more hypocrisy, a double-standard, or verbal diarrhea than truth.

As far as getting through the day my only comment is there's just not enough hours to do all the things I'd like to do.