As we all know "An idle hand is the devil's workshop" The same thing applies to our mind, our mind tends to travel far distances anytime we have nothing to do, it is very important to get our hands and mind engaged in something rather than to leave it idle.
There are so many ways I kill boredom and one of them is through watching YouTube videos, this has been my coping mechanism anytime I'm bored, I love to search for different recipes or designs to try out, and I love to be creative even if the thing I'm creating is useless but one thing I am sure of is that I must make something creative out of my boredom state.
I learned different DIY through YouTube, I love to search for trending things and new food recipes that I can try out whenever I am bored, and I always love to engage myself in doing things anytime I feel like boredom is ready to set in, engaging myself always helps me in getting rid of boredom.
Another thing I always do is cooking, cooking is one of my hobbies, I love to try new recipes and always practice them, there is no how I can be bored when I have to engage myself in cooking, cooking is another way of getting rid of boredom for me and it has been helpful and also gives me more ideas on what to do and expose me to different types of meal that I haven't try out.
This may sound funny but it is a true way of overcoming boredom for me, I always talk to my mother whenever I'm bored, my mother is one of the best gist partners I have, my mother will always engage me in long conversations whenever I call her, she always uses every opportunity to talk to me at length, give me premium gist of everything that is happening at home, she always makes me feel happy and have no time to be bored.
No one can ever give me the latest gist in town like my mother, she will always make me laugh, always advise me, and always wants to know more about me and how my business is doing, I do find joy in calling her any time I'm feeling bored or do not have anything to do.
Also, there will be times that all these won't work for me, that I won't feel like cooking or creating something new, this period does bring out the dull moments in me but I have never given in to boredom, another way to eradicate boredom if I do not feel like doing the mentioned above, what I always do is play a song, reduce the volume to the lowest and find a better position for sleep, if you haven't tried this method then you are missing out, try old school songs and always reduce the volume and sleep, doing this will always make me refresh and get rid of boredom easily.
These methods always work for me, they always help me get rid of boredom, being bored can be tiring and most times it can cause a transfer of aggression for me, so whenever I'm bored I always take a break and do what I love to do most which I have stated above.
This is my response to today's episode of hivelearners community prompt of #hl-138e1 which the topic is tagged "AN IDLE MIND"
