52 Things to Do When You're Bored

1. Write out all 50 US states, then alphabetise them.

2. Read a good book in one sitting.

3. Watch your entire DVD collection.

4. Make a grilled cheese sandwich.

5. Write a novel.

6. Invent a town and all the people in it.

7. Write book reports on all the Dr. Seuss stories.

8. Play solitaire and win.

9. Play Scrabble against yourself... and win.

10. Try on every piece of clothing in your wardrobe.

11. Draw a picture of how you perceieve God.

12. Read a newspaper cover-to-cover.

13. Sketch wedding-dress designs.

14. Read the dictionary.

15. Write a script for a radio show.

16. plant an apple core in your back yard.

17. Memorise The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.

18. Recite poetry to no one in particular.

19. Try to name every country in the world.

20. Watch every Friends episode, series 1-10, in immediate succession.

21. Write a will.

22. Learn to play the piano.

23. Compose a piece of music.

24. Design a product for the future.

25. Re-cast movies.

26. Draw a self-portrait without using a mirror.

27. Design tiered wedding cakes.

28. Write love letters to everyone you know.

29. Play MadLibs.

30. Rename your family and friends.

31. Design a third sex.

32. Write puns.

33. Write an encyclopedia of insanity.

34. Bake 125 muffins.

35. Draw moustaches, beards and funny hairstyles on all the people in every newspaper and magazine you own.

36. Listen to 5 different songs at the same time.

37. Make a music video.

38. Organise the photos on your computer.

39. Make birthday cards for every upcoming birthday in the next year.

40. Write an episode of a bad soap opera.

41. Watch an episode of a bad soap opera.

42. Walk west into the setting sun until you reach the Horizon.

43. Have an AIM conversation with yourself.

44. Befriend the AIM and MSN robots.

45. Absail down the side of your house using strips of bedsheet tied together.

46. Dance naked in the middle of the road.

47. Crack a coconut open by throwing it really hard.

48. Make prank calls.

49. Create a patchwork quilt.

50. Drive/cycle to a beach and hunt for seaglass.

51. Write your own jokes.

52. Make a list of 52 things to do when you're bored.


Have fun next time you have nothing to do!
All the best,

Katie J.