Poll of the Day > LPT: If you're bored, exercise or read.

(+) Yeah! (+)

This way, you're engaging your brain or body in strenuous activity.

What if I have no energy to do either?
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EclairReturns posted...

What if I have no energy to do either?

Sleep.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Sleep

What if I'm too depressed to do that? :(
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what makes that superior to playing a video game or watching a movie?
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I would add in: also clean or organize.
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reading is bad for me, I don't get any sleep until I have finished reading the book.
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I don't get bored.
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jramirez23 posted...

I would add in: also clean or organize.

this i will say is helpful for a persons mental health. just getting up and cleaning up every now and then is good for you :D
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EclairReturns posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Sleep

What if I'm too depressed to do that? :(

Drink alcohol until you can sleep.
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ssj4supervegeta posted...

what makes that superior to playing a video game or watching a movie?

Sometimes I get really bored and not even video games or movies sound fun
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Oh, LPT stands for life Life Pro Tip.

tbh, never really understood how people can get bored unless they're stuck somewhere with nothing to do but even then you've got your imagination or, if you're waiting for something, it gives you prep time.

EDIT: Or if they're stuck doing something boring. Granted, you can't really do much to cure that except find a way to get other people to do the boring stuff (ie, if you're working "hire" an intern (I say "hire" but a lot of the suckers work for free) or if you're doing something around your own property hire somebody else to do it)

ssj4supervegeta posted...

what makes that superior to playing a video game or watching a movie?

Get a treadmill and game while using it. Or watch a movie on your phone while walking. Bam, exercise AND entertainment! (Also Pokemon Go arguably combines the two.)
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Zeus posted...

tbh, never really understood how people can get bored unless they're stuck somewhere with nothing to do but even then you've got your imagination or, if you're waiting for something, it gives you prep time.

It might have something to do with not having a job.
I don't remember what that's like, but that's what I imagine it is.

I'm always happy to have some time off though, I have a lot of stuff to do. Even if it's just for games for me and my friends, they take a lot of prep time.

shadowsword87 posted...

Zeus posted...

tbh, never really understood how people can get bored unless they're stuck somewhere with nothing to do but even then you've got your imagination or, if you're waiting for something, it gives you prep time.

It might have something to do with not having a job.
I don't remember what that's like, but that's what I imagine it is.

I'm always happy to have some time off though, I have a lot of stuff to do. Even if it's just for games for me and my friends, they take a lot of prep time.

If they don't have a job, they should be occupying their time looking for one, though. And in their spare time they should be researching skills which would help them move along in either their chosen profession or ones that would help them get into a new profession.

As a kid, I can't ever recall being bored but I read a lot and had hobbies.
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shadowsword87 posted...

Zeus posted...

tbh, never really understood how people can get bored unless they're stuck somewhere with nothing to do but even then you've got your imagination or, if you're waiting for something, it gives you prep time.

It might have something to do with not having a job.
I don't remember what that's like, but that's what I imagine it is.

I'm always happy to have some time off though, I have a lot of stuff to do. Even if it's just for games for me and my friends, they take a lot of prep time.

I have a job. I just get bored easily when playing games for hours.

Zeus posted...

If they don't have a job, they should be occupying their time looking for one, though. And in their spare time they should be researching skills which would help them move along in either their chosen profession or ones that would help them get into a new profession.

Yeah sure, it's nice to say those sorts of things, but at the end of the day I honestly don't know what that's like (and I'm willing to bet you don't know either).
And also researching skills is useless unless you're certified in that thing, which costs money.

Now, getting some s****y low paying job? That's just learning how to accept worse spots.

there's no books i want to read right now

and i exercise every day anyways
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WastelandCowboy posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

Zeus posted...

tbh, never really understood how people can get bored unless they're stuck somewhere with nothing to do but even then you've got your imagination or, if you're waiting for something, it gives you prep time.

It might have something to do with not having a job.
I don't remember what that's like, but that's what I imagine it is.

I'm always happy to have some time off though, I have a lot of stuff to do. Even if it's just for games for me and my friends, they take a lot of prep time.

I have a job. I just get bored easily when playing games for hours.

This actually.
Sometimes if what I'm doing isn't MORE intense than my job I get bored.
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Does looking at porn count as exercise?
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shadowsword87 posted...

And also researching skills is useless unless you're certified in that thing, which costs money.

That really depends on the perspective employer. There are people who get obsessed with titles, certifications, and what you can do on paper (typically corporations with hierarchies and a lot of bureaucracy) whereas others are more interested in what you can actually do. Unless the certification is a legal requirement, it doesn't necessarily matter. Plus, if you're learning a program, it might not necessarily require a certification.

And, if it's a skill related to something you have a degree in, you already have the on-paper and should be focused on improving your ability. Doubly so because skills atrophy when they aren't used.
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