Bored? Start Researching about Others' Experiences Outside of America

We are spoiled in this country.  We have more than most in other lands.  Many in America have televisions, a portable phone, running water, lights, gas, a warm place to stay, etc. 

Try going outside of America and what might you find in the slums, the country, or on a land surrounded by water?  Not as much as we have nor are the buildings as nice as ours.  You might have some amenities from home in some places overseas, but most likely something will be amiss, and you will just have to tolerate doing without it.  From a buzzing fly with no spray to kill it to a hole in the wall with nothing to fill it, that's life outside of your four walls with a bed and whatever else you appreciate the most in your room.  Sure, it may not be a palace, but it's your home, "so be grateful," I was once told by former military officers.

So your bored right?  Tired of looking at the same old stuff on the Internet.  Why not check out some of those YouTube videos of foreigners?  Then go off to some blog sites or forums where Americans as well as non-Americans post their personal experiences.  Now that will be a mind and an eye-opener for many of you reading this, because chances are you haven't been out your neighborhood much lately.  Wonder what someone is dealing with about your age, gender and ethnicity in say a place like Japan, Brazil, or Sweden?  What sort of challenges are they dealing with in the Middle East outside of what you think you might know from slanted American media reports?  What is dating, parenting, and business like outside of the United States for others around the world?  Try getting some answers to these questions and more. 

Shall we broaden our horizons?  Utilize boring times to create your own lesson plan on learning--no matter what the age, social class, or location!

Nicholl McGuire

Four Things to Think About Before You Die

Four Things to Think About Before You Die

Make Your New Year Interesting, Exciting

Your year is what you create!  If last year was that kind of year that you would never want to return, then you must consider what you might want to do this year that will make your year memorable.

Too often we believe that we need to just stick with that one thing, one routine, one person, or one event and nothing more.  There are many people, places and things that we can experience to make our lives worth living, but we don't experience much because we are either too lazy, too busy, too boring ourselves, or too whatever to do much!  Now I'm not talking about running away from responsibilities, finding a cheap thrill, and living it up, but what I am saying is you can seek the kind of things that will make you come up higher mentally, physically and spiritually if you just step out of routines!  For some it is changing the way he or she eats, who they spend time with, and how they obtain income, what might be your needed changes for this year?

Whatever you feel the need to do, why not start performing the research, making the phone calls and doing the necessary things that will make your year a great one?

Some things you might want to start doing is as follows:

1.  Put money aside for a future event or vacation.  What was it that you missed out on last year because you didn't have any money saved up or time?

2.  Make free time to connect with people who can help you in your future endeavors.  Did you miss out on friendly engagements, meetings, etc. last year because you got distracted?  Look up dates, times and locations of events and mark your calendar in advance.

3.  Plan to move.  Tired of the apartment or home you are in?  What could you do differently?

4.  Job relocation.  Would you like to find a job in another state?  How about making plans to visit?  Send out resumes and see what might result.

5.  Start a new hobby, business venture, etc.  Who said that "you can't, you won't, you will not?"  Make up in your mind to ditch some of that TV and Internet time as well as those negative voices too and learn something new!

You could probably think of some other things you can do to make your year less boring and more exciting.  Note your thoughts, make plans, and start working toward goals--best wishes!

Nicholl McGuire is the author of Know Your Enemy: The Christian's Critic

Your Children are Going to Get Bored During Winter Break - Got Plans?

What to do, what to do?  Children get bored during breaks.  Here was what my school breaks consisted of when I was a child (mind you, there was no computers, Internet, gaming devices, etc. in my household until I was a late teen and young adult).

Watching television.

Chores wherever I went.  Someone always needed laundry, dusting, a car washed, walls and cabinets washed down, and stuff put away.

Drawing, writing and educational workbooks (usually sometimes during the summer, but not often).

Game board playing with a sibling who was four years younger -- not really fun.

Playing in the backyard (but not for long during the winter school breaks--brrrr!)

Note: talking on the phone, not permitted.

That was pretty much it.  Now from the looks of things it seems like there is plenty to do, but consider how long each activity takes.  Not very long.  You can try breaking them up if you are a parent or older sibling.  You could also teach some new activities.  But video games and Internet are indeed the best form of fun, but for how long until your brain turns into mush?

Here are some other things that would sometimes come up that I would get to do during school breaks:

Go grocery or household shopping with parents and relatives.

Visit a new place, new relative or participate in a new event.

Travel.

Ride the public bus.

Note:  Hanging out with friends and going to their homes, not permitted.  I must say, this kept me out of trouble because so-called friends ended up pregnant, drunk, on drugs, in jail, or kicked out the house.  I could count on one hand, once I became a teen, how many times I got to go over a sincere "Christian" friend's home and we didn't even go to church--lol!

Now here's the cool stuff you can do nowadays!!

Blog.

Photo taken by N. McGuire

Upload and share pictures and information.

Create things with photos using a computer.

Send emails and texts to friends.

Choose a variety of games online.

Tweet.

Create media online.

Record all sorts of things online.

And on, and on, and on!

Download music to an electronic device.  (You are so lucky, I had to wait for mine through snail mail back in the day and it sure didn't cost .99 cents for music you really liked--you had to buy the whole cassette, CD and for my parents, they bought albums and eight tracks at music stores and through the mail.)

In closing, parents and children, do enjoy the break!  Think about the fact that many children recently died, maybe just maybe taking a day or two off from your routines (of working, gaming, Internet surfing etc.)  and spending it with family isn't so bad--hey why not try a fun board game from back in the day? God bless!

Nicholl

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