Fun and Creative Things to Do when Bored

Creative Sites for Creative, Professional People - Connect with the Blog Owner

These sites are inspiring and thought-provoking.  I am suggesting them because I am registered with each one and find that easy to navigate, upload material, and of course share with others--enjoy!  Feel free to make me your first friend on any of the following sites.

1.  Shelfari - book lovers and writers

2.  Ryze - business networking for professionals

3.  Watt Pad - write stories online

4.  We Heart It - a place to display cool photos, artwork, and more.

5.  Ello - write inspiring quotes, moving poetry, etc.

6.  About.Me - create a bio and share an online business card or update your business signature.

7.  Spreaker - share audio or create podcast or radio show

8.  Reverbnation - musicians and others who like to audio record.

9.  Smashwords - site to sell or give away samples of your e-books.

10.  Scribd - site for comics, books, audiobooks, sheet music and more.

Hope you enjoy and feel free to comment on where you are so I can connect with you.

Nicholl McGuire

Author Nicholl McGuire Doesn't Know what Boredom Is

Always thinking, doing something different, learning something new, wife/author/poet/speaker Nicholl McGuire is rarely bored.  "I think that over the years I mastered boredom by not thinking so much about what I don't like, don't have, etc." she says.  "When you are appreciative of what you do have and tend to each thing you haven't touched in awhile, you come out of bored feelings quickly."  The mother of four says it has been a long time since she has been bored.

Nicholl, also a virtual assistant, manages this blog as well as many others.  If you are looking for something new and different to view, feel free to check out Nicholl's work on the following sites based on your interest:

Workplace Problems

When Mothers Cry

Laboring to Love an Abusive Mate

Spiritual Wisdom

Say Goodbye to Dad - the book

Everything You Need to Know About Parents, Babies and Children

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Tired of Feeling Bored by Your Wall Colors? 6 Steps to Find Inspiration and Rejuvenate Your Walls

Are you tired of feeling bored by your wall colors? Did you have the perfect color, but now your room feels dated? Or, maybe you just need a change, but you keep thinking to yourself that you don't know how you'd pick the right color scheme. If so, it's time to think about how you'll find your inspiration. By following just a few simple steps, you can rejuvenate your sense of style and choose the perfect wall color.

Six (6) Steps to Find Your Inspiration and Choose the Perfect Wall Color:

1) Start small - You don't have to repaint the entire house in one day, or even one week's time. Starting small will keep you from getting overwhelmed. Start by choosing one room that you would like to change first.

2) One of the best ways to inspire new decorating ideas is to look at pictures. Buy a few magazines. You don't have to feel restricted to home and garden magazines; think about architectural magazines and books, too. Consider anything that has a variety of pictures.

3) Use your gut reaction when you flip through pages, and mark the pages that have color schemes that appeal to you. When you finish, go back through the pages you marked and decide which color schemes still appeal to you. Sure, you'll change your mind a few times, but that's the beauty of brainstorming. Inevitably, you'll narrow your selection in the process.

4) Once you've found a suitable selection of colors that interest you, take your pictures to the local paint store and choose a sampling of color swatches. You'll notice, you're not actually buying anything at this point. It might be exciting to think you're ready, but hold off on those emotions. You don't want to paint the walls just yet. Color schemes can really be surprising. When you see colors in different textures and light, the effect can change. So, collect all the sample swatches you want, and then take them back to the room you're planning to paint.

5) After you return to your room, compare the color swatches and narrow your selection further. Make sure you look at all of the colors in both daylight and artificial light. Remember, lighting and texture can have a dramatic effect on the appearance of color.

6) Once you've seen the colors in the room, you still may be torn between two or three options. Or, you may just feel like you'd like to try a couple of colors on the wall before you make your final decision and paint the entire room. If so, purchase small quarts of paint. Paint a section of one wall, using each of your colors. Seeing the actual colors side by side, combined with your lighting and wall textures, will help you to finalize your decision.

Now that you've used your newfound inspiration to find the perfect wall color, you're ready to prime, paint, and leave your boring walls behind.

About the Author:

Amy L. Milligan founded bluedango based upon the principle that our surroundings greatly impact us and reflect to others who we are. With an educational background in the behavioral sciences and environmental design, she combined her academic experience with 11 years of experience in consulting and executive management to create bluedango.com as an extension of that principle. The company offers home decor accessories designed by international artisans and produced according to fair trade standards.

See Amy's top picks for choosing the right color scheme. Bluedango's bookstore has more interior decorating ideas.

A Jack Of All Trades

I admit that I use to be a Jack of All Trades and a Master of None, until I had a private moment to reflect on my life. I discovered the only thing that I can say I am unusually talented in and went to school for most of my life, was writing. Everything from business letters to poems, I enjoy writing. It is my escape.

Over the years I have learned that to possess a single talent like writing and to only use it on special occassions, such as taking out your best dishware for holidays, is detrimental to your spirit. A person needs to exercise his or her talent or they will gradually lose it. What's even more deadly to the talent you possess is to distract yourself in other trades; therefore, becoming the Jack of All Trades and the Master of None.

Many different talents are a blessing and a curse. People notice you can do multiple tasks so they assume you want to be a part of everything they throw your way. "Hey come with me to this meeting, you would be great for this business." They think about how they can use your talents to make them money and further their own visions. Meanwhile, your talents are left sitting on a shelf collecting dust. I am guilty of this, spending too many years helping others achieve their goals to the best of my abilities and procrastinating on my own.

So what is the one talent that you truly possess? What do you feel you have mastered (and we are not talking about degrees)? Now is the time to fall back in love with it. I challenge you to eat, drink and sleep on it. Tell me about it.


by Nicholl McGuire