The Anguish!!!

[MissQuote]

I am bored out of my mind.

There is tons to do around here but it all is stupid things I don't want to do and I could read but my mind is antsy and doesn't want to read right now. I was looking in this book I got from the library on how to make your own paper and that sounded like it might be interesting and I will probably play around and make some tomorrow or something but it seems like a lot of effort right now.

I am in the middle of this experiment I decided to do- which is not drinking for thirty days- to see what sort of changes occur in my body and thinking, if any. I tend to drink more often than other people I know, but not really anything that ever causes any issues (the amount), but this isn't really a see if I can stop sort of thing, more of a see if when I stop if there are any physical changes because that would give me a better idea of whether my drinking is in excess in terms of affecting my physical health and/or mental state in a way beyond the buzz one has when actually imbibing.

If that makes sense. So far the only results I have come to are that I mostly drink because I am bored. Not really. But a drink would be an easy cure to this boredom just now. Maybe this experiment was a bad plan.

I need to make dinner but I was thinking I would rather go to the library. Maybe I will make dinner and then go to the library.

I had this phone conversation with my sister earlier where I answered the phone and was making fun of her name when and I started giggling and and she says to me

"wow, you seem in a better mood than last time I talked to you."

"Oh? was I in a bad mood last time? what was going on?"

"Nothing was going on. I just mean pick any time I talk to you, you are all chipper right now..."

*more giggling and making fun on my part*

"What is wrong with the universe right now!? My sister is being giggly and personable?"

"shut up. I love you. And I am sober right now saying that."

"Oh. Glad to know you have to be drunk to normally love me."

"That's not what I meant" *hysterically laughing*

"Really. Whats wrong. You are freaking me out."

I was reading this thing yesterday about some famous people that made a book or something with "letters to my 16 year old self" something like that.

I was thinking that would be an interesting thing to do. Write up a bunch of stuff for my younger self to read. Just have to figure out how to send it back.

I am seriously bored out of my fucking mind right now.

 

[EditorOne]

Last time I got like that I ended up washing, sealing and waxing all the floors in the house. Tile, wood, cork.

It obviously isn't something I do every day, which is why I guess it qualified at an escape from boredom.

It was a lot like hard work, though, so I don't recommend it.

I used to drink, too, but I liked it too much.

 

[Crazythinker1]

I still drink. Last time I got REALLY bored, I tried to meditate, but that failed miserably, so I just put on some music with a real heavy beat and danced around the house until I was wore out.

 

[Co60]

I've tried the 'not drinking for thirty days' thing - and I used to do it every summer. Both to see if I could, and for the same reason as you, to see if things changed for the worse or for the better. I've stopped doing it because there were no differences other than I was marginally less sleepy after midnight (I avoid sitting on the couch any time after midnight because I doze off within moments, usually, even if watching something really interesting on TV) and I too found it really boring. I don't drink enough to affect my health - clearly - and it didn't even save me money.

The very first time I did it, I was sure it would save money, but because I found drinking water / tea / coffee completely intolerably boring, I was buying relatively expensive fruit drinks and sparkling non-alcoholic stuff, and even alcohol-free beer (yuk), I saved no money at all.

I think the only good reasons to not-drink at a constant low (and therefore not unhealthy) level is (a) to be a sickeningly virtuous role model to your kids and (b) to give you some kind of martyrdom kick as you see everyone else enjoying themselves. Nothing else at all.

There are of course loads of reasons to not-drink at a constant higher level. Been there, got though it unscathed - I think

 

[kora]

Drinking indeed cures boredom. Don't know why exactly, perhaps it just makes you happier... I would write letters to your older self, I did it when I was 13, and re-reading 6 years later was awesome.

 

[Darby]

Drinking indeed cures boredom. Don't know why exactly, perhaps it just makes you happier... I would write letters to your older self, I did it when I was 13, and re-reading 6 years later was awesome.

I had to do these for high school and they always consisted of "HA! I know you're too much of a loser idiot to know what you're doing with your life, and you definitely don't have a girlfriend."

then I always got sad when I read them because they were true

 

[DetachedRetina]

I had to do these for high school and they always consisted of "HA! I know you're too much of a loser idiot to know what you're doing with your life, and you definitely don't have a girlfriend."

then I always got sad when I read them because they were true

What's even more depressing than reading letters from your past self is reading letters from your future self

 

[EnigmaticMan]

It seems I haven't reached your level of boredom, yet. I would dare think of consuming alcohol in my right mind, but even I'm not sure to be adventurous or apprehensive of the idea.

 

[intpz]

Last time I got like that I ended up washing, sealing and waxing all the floors in the house. Tile, wood, cork.

It obviously isn't something I do every day, which is why I guess it qualified at an escape from boredom.

It was a lot like hard work, though, so I don't recommend it.

I used to drink, too, but I liked it too much.

Actually I do that quite often, cleaning everything. Maybe once a month (often for an INTP! ), that's something to do. I'm bored like the OP quite often, especially lately.

P.S. Wow, are all INTPs drunks?