When You’re Bored, Learn to Surf! (Photo by Fathzer, via flickr)
These fun, creative things to do when you’re bored at home range from toilet training your cat to mapping out a treasure hunt.
“There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the afternoon, and have nothing further to do. Then comes that hour when you are bored; that’s the time for [fill in the blank with a boredom buster!]…” ~ H.G. Wells.
One of my friends builds guitars — that’s his favorite thing to do when he’s bored. You could try learning a musical instrument – it’s good for your brain and it’ll give you something interesting to do. I recently started playing the flute again, and will be joining an orchestra soon. If you love to listen to music, you’ll LOVE learning how to play an instrument.
120 Things to Do When You’re Bored…
My favorite tip is #80….
1. Where is Aritzia? Look up cool names in an atlas
1. Count the number of duplicate numbers in this list (this is your first!)
2. Make chocolate or hemp soap as a gift for someone
2. Make up your own reality show
3. Make up with someone you’re fighting with
4. Clean out your junk drawer or medicine cabinet
5. Set new financial goals – or figure out how to pay off your debt
6. Pluck your eyebrows
7. Make a list of things you love about your partner, child, or parent
7. Learn what your favourite dog breed reveals about your personality
8. Listen to soothing music or soft rock
9. Read a thriller or juicy romance novel (thanks @Lynn_Murphy for this boredom buster!)
10. Write your own thriller or juicy romance novel
11. Update your email list
12. Email your friends and ask for their favorite things to do when they’re bored
13. Trade Wii games and gear with your friends — or try the newest Wii games
14. Write an apology to someone you’ve been avoiding (if you’re reading this, Shannon, comment below! 
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14. Make homemade lavender ice cream (get creative with your flavors)
15. Bake oatmeal chocolate chunk coconut cookies (one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored)
16. Memorize 5 new words from the dictionary
17. Play web sudoku – thanks @BJMuntain for this boredom buster
18. Organize your recipes
19. Read your old diaries
20. Find a volunteer job
20. Write a song – maybe this will be the start of a new career!
21. Try aromatherapy
22. Make your Christmas wish list
23. Start thinking about Christmas shopping, even if you’re bored in the summer
23. Freewrite everything that pops into your head
24. Clean the bathroom
25. Do an office workout (if you’re bored at work or on a long car ride)
26. Make a list of things to do before you die
27. Make someone happy
28. Explore ways to be more spiritual
29. Balance your checkbook (which might make you even more bored)
30. Give yourself a manicure or pedicure
31. Give your partner a manicure or pedicure
32. Find a new hobby
33. Find a new way to make friends
34. Find a new pet
35. Find a new way to improve your love relationship
36. Start planning your Halloween costume
37. Go outside
38. Pretend you’re a tourist in your own city
39. Wash your dog
40. Brush your cat
41. Brush your mom’s hair
42. Go to the library (one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored)
42. Be a Big Sister or Big Brother
43. Clean out your closet
44. Donate your preloved clothes to charity
44. Start planning your next birthday party!
45. Watch old movies
46. Learn how vision boards help you achieve your goals
47. Join a MeetUp group
48. Start a MeetUp group (a great thing to do when you’re bored!)
49. Clean out your kitchen cupboards
50. Write a letter
51. Update your resume
52. Google old friends
53. Play Lexulous on Facebook – thanks @venusvision for this boredom buster
54. Clip your nose hairs
55. Learn to crochet or knit
56. Rearrange your living room
57. Go to the dog park
58. Face your demons
59. Plan your next party
60. Pray or meditate
61. Practice self-hypnosis
62. Plan your next vacation – read my Africa travel tips article – I lived there for three years!
63. Make a “to do” list for tomorrow, so you’re not bored again tomorrow
64. Read poetry
64. Start thinking about your scholarship applications
65. Research your family tree
66. Make a household budget
67. Take a bubble bath
68. Download your photos – you’ll see you haven’t had a boring life
69. Knit – thanks @SimplyForties for this boredom buster
70. Organize your finances
71. Sweep your deck or balcony
72. Write a short story
73. Pretend you’re asleep
74. Learn 12 small ways to get healthy that make a big difference (is this a boring thing to do when you’re already bored?)
75. Draw your bedroom
76. Sort through old photos (one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored)
77. Make a scrapbook
78. Play online trivia games
79. Go for a walk
80. Learn the best ways for teens to earn extra money
80. Pick up trash in your neighborhood
81. Get a job (unless you’re looking for things to do because you’re bored at work!)
82. Write a song
83. Start a blog (but not a boring one!)
84. Write a blog post about how boring your life is
85. Change your blog theme
86. Dust the shelves
87. Listen to talk radio
88. Talk a walk down memory lane
89. Putter
90. Grab a yoga mat, focus on deep breathing, and re-energize with deep stretching – thanks @catlover1964 for this boredom buster
91. Do crossword puzzles
92. Wax your bikini line
93. Give yourself a massage
94. Create a unique board game
95. Learn how to deal with toxic relatives
96. Clean out old computer files
97. Paint a self portrait
98. Learn to juggle (one of my husband’s favorite things to do when he’s bored)
99. Read old magazines
100. Tweet! – thanks @runaholickassy for this boredom buster
101. Lie on the grass
102. Lie in the snow
103. Lie in the rain
104. Don’t lie to yourself
105. Listen to different types of music
106. Try to make it through an hour without touching the floor (thanks Eliza for sharing this creative thing to do when you’re bored!)
107. Make silver coins with foil, and create a treasure hunt (thanks Renee for this boredom buster!)
108. Turn the music up LOUD and DANCE your boredom away (thanks Macie for this fun thing to do when you’re bored!)
109. Tell me how many “things to do when you’re bored” are actually on this list (I honestly have no idea, because of the duplicates)
110. Tell me one way to improve this blog – what would you do differently if it was yours?
110. Get motivated to get your college degree
111. Watch Zoolander but don’t do what they did when they were bored at the beginning of the movie!
What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re bored?
When I’m bored, I pay a visit each day a few blogs and websites to read articles or reviews.
i was pretending that i was asleep while reading this!!!!!!
I am traveling through Peru right now, and met two super nice guys from Ireland. If you are bored, plan your dream trip around the world!
Also, I am tired of playing the flute – I want to learn how to play the violin!
Im ten and i dont think it will work i live in ireland it rains all the time and it is the night time here and i feel bored thinking about it though it didnt work
Play the flute.
Play Gutair
heres something to add…
have sex
im 11 years old… this list is dumb!
Starting a blog is the best thing to do when you’re bored.
In October, the best thing to do when you’re bored is make your Halloween costume!
u should add one more; Try climbing around your room or another room without touching the gruond.( try making or breaking your record)!
Put on there, pretend your in the hunger games.
Make a parody to your fav. song!!
Research an animal or plant a sketch it and write about it!
LYING IN THE RAIN IS SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!(You don’t even get WET!!!)
Grow a Pet TickleMe Plant and watch how the leaves fold and the branches droop when you Tickle It! Just search pet TickleMe Plant.
Here’s something to add, try making egg carton caterpillars!
Just be bored go to sleep
I like Number 76: Sort through old photos (one of my favorite things to do when your bored).
i built a giant fort out of sticks haha it was fun wen me and my friend shot it with paintball guns with my friend in it he made a bet that he could stay in the fort without getting hit by one paintball he was right paid him 10 bucks but it killed 3 hours WORTH IT
Dress up as princesses with your bf….
My parents were at work and I live out of town so my brothers and I were stranded at our farm for a day. We built a huge obstacle course that ends with a trampoline bounce into our pool (which is freezing cold at the moment). We timed each other and it was super fun and killed a couple hours.
I counted 11 duplacites =D
Nothing matters to me because i’m just 10 and i make up my day by watching videos on youtube
Is learn a musical instrument on this list of things to do when you’re bored? That should be number one. Nowhere on this list should be video games!
Take a ride to the nearest lake and just sit and take in nature at its best.
Iam in a car ride now and writing this from my iphone. Bored
I found 7 doubled numbers. Just tellin ya.
i still dont find this helpful because i am only 9 and my real name is not jenna anyways i have a idea i am going to go on my laptop and go on youtube and watch a show or watch tv but i dont have channels and my tv dosent work so i go on youtube on the computer or the laptop and watch wizards of waverly place,suite life of zack and cody or some other show.