Bored? 5 Ways To Spend Your Free Time
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Nowadays everyone is constantly busy with something. But being busy doesn't mean we're using our time efficiently.
It's sad to say this, but most people completely waste their time.
And time is our most valuable resource. We can't make more of it, like we can make more money for example.
So it's wise to use our time in a way that will benefit us.
When we're bored, what do we usually do?
Most of us up end being glued to a phone, TV or a computer screen.
That might ease our boredom in the moment, and we might not even consider that time to be wasted.
But there's an opportunity cost.
That time could've been spent on a different, more valuable activity.
Specifically on something that could actually benefit us greatly in the future.
This is why in this video I'll go over 5 things that will help ease your boredom, and teach you to use your free time more productively.
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1. Reading
2. Planning and goal setting
3. Exercise
4. Clean up your room/phone/laptop
5. Improve or learn a new skill
Thanks now I don’t have to watch
Good job soldier
6. Go to TH-cam comments
thank you
Thank you sm
Number 6: just sit and think.
Endure boredom for a short while and learn more about yourself.
It can be very valuable.
Thank you for this 💕
This should be number 1 yes!
To play devil's advocate; I have wasted countless hours and days in my life just by thinking out of compulsion, completely wasting my time I could have spent having fun, playing a musical instrument or learning something new instead looping the same fucking thoughts a million times over and over. In fact, it pisses me off how much time I've wasted just fucking thinking and not learning anything because sitting down and fucking thinking is a complete waste of time 9 out of 10 times.
Actually, I find thinking to be the most fun activity ever. Spending time in my head is almost always not boring. However, I find doing most of the things one needs to do every day boring.
@@GM-yb5yg then you definitively shouldn't do nr. 6.
Every person needs to do what is best for that person.
1-Reading books 📖 01:10
2- planning📝📈 03:10
3-Exercise 🏋️🤾⛹️ 04:44
4-Clean up your room 🛏️(n yr phone) 07:00
5-learn new skill🎨🖌️📽️🎻🥁 08:44
Thank me later♥️😛
Edit: thanks for the likes
You saved my time
Thank you. It's 1:33 and I decided to click on this video and you just saved me getting scolded from my mom for not sleeping
The new skill one of very helpful because you end up watching videos to help with that skill and you meet other with that skill. Animation especially has allowed me to use up more time rather than just waste it
I’ll thank you now 🙏🏼
Thanks
Work out, trust me even if it's for 30 minutes, it'll be good for you
Ha found you again!
Yeah
I just see this guy everywhere
30 minutes is a lot . I don't wanna be Arnold
@@Nullpunkt420 bro wut
That's how It got me started and I've been consistent with it for 3 years now
Other ways:
- Meditate
- Journal (reflect on your life)
- Create something new
- Improve something (anything in your life)
- Call or talk to someone (develop real social interactions)
- etc.
I like you list a lot more. Those are all very important to me!
All great options
I should try more wacky things; sometimes you have a great idea, but put it off because it's way out of your comfort zone. And then you'll never know what you're great at ... unless what you were doing before was your speciality, but that's extremely unlikely.
Love it!
the last one *coughs*
I used to be a bookwork wayback school days. I love going and staying at the library. I can finish a whole book in a day. But ever since social media became a thing, I kinda lost my interest in books, and I regret it so much. Now I'm slowing staying away from social media, deleted my Facebook, twitter and Instagram, and it's one of the best decisions I've done in my life.
How do you keep up the news? And what changed when you deleted Instagram and facebook?
@@iwan3725 IMHO, I dont think social media is anything close to an accurate source of news. Yes, you get to see what hot topics people are complaining about, but more often than not, it's the useless things that fill your feed.
@@itsjayystudio yea that’s true, I keep thinking shall I deleted social media or no… it’s a hard dissuasion because some people look wierd at you when you don’t have it
@@itsjayystudio yea the addiction is the real battle. And you have to fill the Time in whit useful things
@@itsjayystudio yea that’s true, you don’t have to quit everything immediately ofc in small steps
1- Reading
2- Planning and goal setting
3- Exercise
4- Clean up your room
5- Learn a new skill
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3- Alıştırma (Egzersiz)
4- Odanı düzenleme ve temizleme
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Thank you
What language is that
@UCW9JwZYVy-tqPO083OmlX7A Türkçe and English
Tips I found useful in this video:
1. Take a book wherever you go.
I always keep a book I’m my car! It’s a great tip
Just one? At least it's better than none!
Step one. Set video speed to 1.25
1.Reading
2.Planning & goal setting
3.Exercise
4.Clean up your room
5.Learn a new skills
I honestly though I was wasting my time a lot more but once I watched this video and realized I do all of these I feel a lot better about where my life is going. Reading is the best part of my day
I stopped with gaming cause I was to addicted to it, when I stopped there was so many free time to spend. With that free time I just tried to read, do some workouts and other things I usually never do. It helped me so much that I am in a very good mood the last three months. Thanks to this video's.
I used to love gaming until I got a gaming PC. I even got 2 monitors for that purpose, but I lost all interest in gaming afterwards for some reason.
My dad forced me to quit gaming and I'm thankful for that.
I haven't even been bored this quarantine, but I still clicked on the notification as soon as I saw it, just because I love your channel so much.
How are you not getting bored? Could you share your ideas with me?
:))
Constantly delivers quality contenr
Best motivation channel I have ever stumbled upon
Agreed
0:00 Introduction
1:07 - Reading
3:04 Planning
4:34 Exercise
7:00 Clean up
8:41 Learn new skills
Thanks bro now I’m not gonna watch the video 😎
Journal every day, I’ve done so every day since 1989. It’s very cathartic and channels emotions much more effectively.
When I'm bored, I always do something of the following things:
-Go for a walk
-Practice drawing
-Play videogames
-Write a book/comtinue writing a book (noone's gonna read my books but I still enjoy writing)
-Watch anime/netflix
-Compose music
Im having a classmate who writes in English (shes native) we are from Austria, she writes it almost every day and after 7month still not finished.
I asked her if I could read it if she is done with it.
Never say never :)
Best point
08:42 learn a new skill. "Don't let school get in the way of education" Mark Twain
Journalling. It’s great for expressing what’s on your mind or working through problems but also great to look back on periodically to gain insights about yourself, see the lessons you’ve learned and how you have grown. Wish we all realised just how little time we have in this life. This video is gold.
"Most importantly for some of you... clean up your search history..."
bro that was the most subtle way to throw shade hahahaha! Loved it.
working out definitely is a must but also fixing up your room.
working out tends to be something i want because i want to look better
cleaning takes me years to start but when i start, i love how it feels to move stuff around and be clean
We could also spend a little free time to make someone's day or life a little better too. (E.g Notes/ Services/ Community work) Time spent giving is seldom wasted time :)
this channel is worth a ton of gold.
I've been slacking off every now and then skipping school by going to the doc saying I'm sick. It's so easy to get an excuse for everything. But I'm at a point where I can clearly see the end of the road if I keep going the way I am.
I'm almost 23 and I really need to be more engaged in my life. Hope I can Implement a few changes now and keep changing for the better every day. Thank you.
He : some tips to make your life better and healthier
Me : watching this video at 5am
XD
I unfortunately have surpassed that, it’s almost noon now and haven’t slept yet..again..
@The Philosopher's Cat maybe I should be doing that but ya I stay up all night now it 5.44 am and I'm about to go to bed xD
@@manalm6709 🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Sleep is for the dead 😅
@@acquireskills8872 ma gosh now ii sleep at 6.30am gg my life xD
There's so many positive things we can do to entertain ourselves in times of boredom that will help us become better versions of ourselves. Like this video mentions, setting goals and reading are great ones. I personally love going for walks too. It helps clear the clutter in your mind, reduce anxiety and stress and allows us to get exercise :)
- Julia
Love these videos, I appreciate the fact that you create simple yet practical advice on making us better than yesterday. You provide one of the best, life changing self improvement videos.😁👍
Reading "Atomic Habits" will change your life
Is it really that good?
Game Machine YESS i loved that book
YES it is amazing!
No.. but applying it will
Game Machine agreed! Great book!
this is something that I think everyone needs to see. many just spend their time on a device, which can affect mental health. if you think about it, staying on a device all-day full of boredom can actually lead to more boredom and possibly depression, with their life always doing the same, and their life ending up feeling like a loop. this actually gave more ideas then I knew before, so thanks!
This is gem. Thank you for making this video. I will keep watching this every few months.
I'm just too lazy to do this, so I just sleep. It actually helps me and makes me more productive the next busy day.
Yeah true, everyday is busy day for me so I must take a rest at my free time
I dont think someone can be "too lazy" from nothing
Maybe its an indication of poor sleep schedule?
Not blaming anyone, take it easy 🙏
@@braiandeivid Hey, just want to comment about you're statement for me they rest because even if they sleep 8:00 hours a day, that sleep in the free time help them to reload thier energy.
I am on summer vacation right now. I haven’t been on my phone much but when I am I have mainly been reading articles on things that interest me. However, the more I read and the deeper into the rabbit hole of ideas I go, the more I worry that I had never had my own original opinions. It’s not all political, but a lot of the articles that I’ve been reading have been helping me realize the error in my beliefs. I also read fiction and very much enjoy my adrenaline inducing books. And overall? The more I read the happier I am. But I have very much strayed from who I was prior.
Planning setting goals and cleaning your room
The irony is not lost on me that he is talking about doing something more productive than being on your phone whilst watching this video on your phone...
Like a book telling you to take action. Good knowledge, but it is up to the person to use it.
How is it an irony? This channel is productive channel. You get to learn a lot
You decided to watch this video instead of another cat video, didn't you? So that's a start.
Or that the maker tells you something he could tell you in like 2-3 minutes stretched out over the course of 11 minutes just for the sake of ads.
Parry King And he deserves every cent he makes with it.
In my eyes reading (but like fantasy and thrillers) is the same as watching informative videos, because they both give me a freshend mind and show me how others view problems and the 'others'.
This is a valuable video. Been a fan for awhile now. Great video to push out during quarantine.
Just had surgery a week ago - took away my work / exercise routine so now I’m at home bored especially since I can’t bend over or really move my body but this video was a ton of help. Got me back into learning French , being productive in my music , and cleaning some unnecessary storage on my phone. 🙌🏽 definitely recommend to a friend
I would add that we should reflect and often think about where we are headed and whether what we do will get us to where we want. What we do, should have purpose. And we need to remind ourselves why we do what we do so we refresh our motivation to make good use of our limited time
I find that just going for a run or doing some short hard running excersises really cures boredom and makes you feel very good about yourself
Thanks for this value packed short video.
I just wanna say your videos have helped me a lot, especially in developing new habits and actually sticking to them! Thank you very much❤
Love how it talked about not being on electronics and then posted it on TH-cam
1. I don't stare over people's shoulders to see what they're doing on their phones or tablets. It's a bit rude.
2. Considering the proliferation of ebook apps and mobile education platforms, I don't automatically assume that anyone looking down at a phone is doing unproductive tasks. Just because it's a screen doesn't mean that it isn't displaying worthwhile information. It doesn't have to be printed on paper to be considered productive.
3. You don't know what that person's day has been like. If they're on social media, perhaps they've rightly prioritized checking up on a physically distant loved one going through a tumultuous time. If they're playing a mobile game, perhaps that's their one moment to step away from a hectic life of constant information overload and heightened stress.
I know when this was discussed in the video, it was with the premise of 'to each their own', but the deeper implication still comes across as: "You're in a waiting room. You look around. Everyone else is looking at their phones, indicating their attachment to meaningless time-waster tasks. You look down at your lap. You see a book. You are therefore special and superior." How about this: mind what you do with your spare time, but don't waste your mental energies on what isn't your business. Do what helps you. And should you stop being nosy and judgmental, you will become Better Than Yesterday.
P.s., I have been subscribed to this channel for a decent length of time now, and I feel that the quality of the content is generally good. I will remain subscribed for that reason. I simply want to challenge patterns of thought that I find to be generally problematic, at least where such dialogues have the potential for affecting change. By that token, I would not be commenting if I felt that it wasn't worth my time.
Edit: Paragraph formatting.
Fair criticism.
1. I'd like to address that I don't deliberately look at people's screens. Sometimes they just happen to be in my peripheral vision.
2. I didn't intend to throw everyone in the same bucket, because phones, like you stated, can also be used productively. Just like any tool, it depends on how you use it.
3. I completely understand that people need a way to unwind after a rough day, and their method might differ from mine. If I came across as judgemental or trying to appear superior, that wasn't my intention.
I was merely trying to promote reading as an alternative way to spend our time.
@@BetterThanYesterday I appreciate your response. To be more measured, I didn't think your intent was to be judgmental.
The heart of the issue is that, in the vast majority of self help and lifestyle materials, people looking at screens in public places has become a very one-dimensional caricature of the 'mindless sheeple' that we ought to 'set ourselves apart from' to be better people. It's the perpetuation of this caricature that can be damaging, as it becomes a tool itself. A very specialized tool, with the focus of devaluing others in order to elevate ourselves.
Again, I didn't get the impression that you meant to perpetuate this stereotype. However, even well intentioned materials that use this rhetoric can unintentionally lend weight to this damaging false dichotomy.
I like your response more than the video,I agree.
Ur right...it has become so common, that even when I'm watching to cheer myself when I'm feeling down, or to take a break, or if I'm watching something productive and useful, I still feel it myself as if I'm wasting my time. Because that's what we've been told from the beginning. I constantly get told "stay away from that phone.. it's a waste of time...it's addictive, instead STUDY.." but do they expect someone to just study or read or work all the time? Is that what being productive is? Sometimes I feel compelled to take a book and start reading, but we shouldn't feel that way
P.S. I'm not against this channel, I also completely understand their intentions and quite agree with them
These are great tips. I do all of them and so much more. I have TONS of hobbies and wonder why people don't seem to have them now-a-days. Learn to draw, play an instrument, write poetry, a book, learn to fly a kite - anything new. I am rarely bored because there is always something that has to be done around the house and I have too many hobbies to engage in. I love this video. I even teach people new hobbies for free. Thanks for this video, bro. Great content.
Thank you for posting!! I really love your channel🍀
'If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?'
-Albert Einstein
That you're dumb, I guess?
@@madlad255 lol
@@madlad255 lol man😅
He never said to have your desk empty. He said bannish your clutter. Arrange things, that'll arrange the ideas in your brain.
And that's why you want a clean, but populated desk
New video!
Always excited to watch your videos. So much to learn from and it's so motivating. I've used all your insights in life & start my own channel.
Great tips to beat boredom and thrive during these uncertain times! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome advice man! as always! Thanks a bunch!
missed this channel, happy to see it again
thank God I found your channel via recommendation. when I watch your video first time. I was inspired. I run every morning and it change my mood. it make me happy and better 😊 then I stop using my phone and I do other things like cleaning our house exercising and bonding with my family.
Thank you for this amazing comment Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone thanks to Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.
Lovely illustration and a must watch for sure.
Watching videos like this that helps me improve myself better is what I always do in my free time.
Indeed, sometimes those “strange” ideas (like reading) are the best 😊. Indeed, overnight success stories take a long time. And the only time we can find success before work is in the dictionary 🖖
I used to think half of these things where just nonsenses, DO THESE THINGS. You think you don't want to, BUT once you start you want to keep it going. This is a great list!
Thanks for the skillshare freebie ! Keep up the good work.
Be happy.
Thank you so much!
Also finding a new hobby could be a good one
That’s very similar to learning a new skill
@@acquireskills8872 Playing video games is a hobby, not really a skill, so I guess there's a difference. But you're right, they're very similar.
@@madlad255 facts and some hobbies like playing video games or kidnapping children are not okay 👍
Man, I've been so unmotivated to make videos lately... I don't know why, I just couldn't get myself to getup and just do it. Thanks for the video it gives me motivation to get up today.
Depression city wow the record of sadness so time to improve from bottom to go up up up thers no more down just up
REALLY GREAT AND TRUTH. KEEP ON MAKING VIDEOS LIKE THESE. THANKS
Some really good suggestions here. Thank you
Some times being bored is a good thing, just sit in silence and think for once. This can really help with self awareness. Or you could try sitting in silence and not thinking at all, just clear your mind and meditate. I find that this really helps me rewind and reload.
Thanks a lot! Keep making videos about how we can spend our time in quarantine. Also, please make more book recommendations as a lot of books look promising but are not that good when you read them
I'll do more book recommendations in the future for sure.
Thank you!!
Thanks man your video really helps
I can't actually remember the last time I was bored. Instead I'm too busy feeling the crushing weight of a million things I'm not doing, all of them feeling of primary significance, and none of them seemingly achievable, so I just doomscroll. Just stay on TH-cam and they can't get you. And there's always something to watch on TH-cam. You will protect me. You will keep me safe.
The secret to cleaning often, at least for me, is music. Just play your favorite tunes loud on a speaker and you really don't feel the dread because you're enjoying the music.
I feel like something that would help people fill their "spare time" is for them to realize their direction in life. If you have something (or an ideal) you're avidly working towards, it's much easier to stay on track than if you're not interested in anything.
thank you for this advices.
Great work Thank you
Time is the most precious thing
First one is very true, as a kid I hated reading since I have been forced to do it, I didn't enjoy it. As a teenager, I discovered comics, manga, with their texts to read to understand their story, those are my first "enjoyed" books. After reading a lot of them, I craved more to read, then I got to light novels, then finally non-fiction books.
Really, they should introduce books better---not just as, "reading is helpful for you, so read this." Not as how they see it already but for youth, make it look a fun activity and tempting so it will last and they'll do it on their own.
You are great man....keep sharing such videos and keep motivating us
Thank you i needed that
This video will definitely help me deal with the hours that I am at home because of quarantine
About cleaning up the room:
I often start with bigger, more massive looking things that are actually 25% of the job. After that, the room feels a lot less messy and I can clean up everything else.
Thank you so much. Your TH-cam channel has changed my life.😀
I am so thankful that people like you exist
I remember as a kid being like, "I'm bored." at my grandmas house. She would be like. "Oh? You are bored. I'll find some work for you."
What a great video thank you kind sir :)
I love your videos. Thank you very much.
Thanks for this video.
Hit like button before the video even started, I know it's going to be good
Omg same lmao
*Slaps table *
UR DAMN right
Better than yesterday lists the final solution as an activity to participate in when you’re bored lol.
I read all the time. I love reading. Books are awesome. Imagine living thousands of lives, learning thousands of lessons, without even getting up?!
Actionable advises huge thanks
the first time i saw your channel, i directly fall in love. Thank you.
Nice. Love the comment on reading. I learned a long time ago “readers are leaders and leaders are readers. “. This life long learning has helped me grow and help others over the years more than I ever thought.
Psychopaths and murderers are also leaders, we elect them apparently. "Leaders" are fucking psychopathic morons who shouldn't even decide what kids eat for fucking lunch in a sane world.
I love to read!
That makes two of us 😀
@@MagicMetalMoney But it doesn't bring any success... People I know that read a lot aren't the best in stuff like math, physics, chemistry, comp sci or many other fields. Meanwhile someone who reads way less is. So if you want to get the best at something, do that _something_ don't read. It's a good hobby but not for skills.
@@lukamitrovic7873 reading is good for personal development. Skills, profession etc is not so affected by it, but it is really helpful to improve vocabulary, imagination, and gain some values from. And for some it's like a way to get lost in their own world for a while. Reading Harry Potter literally made me a braver person and appreciate friendship even more...just saying :)
@@ruchamansukh1203 Sure, but I do not like people saying that it will bring you success because it certainly won't help you in your professional field. It's a false advertisement and doesn't show it for what it really is.
@@lukamitrovic7873 yeah agreed...the only books that are really useful in being successful are study books, the ones particularly about the topic we want, and some rare influential books..that have contect similar to that of this channel for example
Lovely, thank you very much for your video ☺️
Thanks so much for this positive valuable advise. It is so important to manage one’s time wisely.
I completely agree with your inputs.
"The power of habits" + "Atomic Habits" are truly amazing books.
Reading, sports, and continuous learning.
These vids are really helpful and do make me better everyday😁 does listening to them a lot count as an unproductive habit 🤔
what a great channel!!! thanks
You deserve more subscribers Man!!
Amazing vid
Thanks for making me realise the Balue of time
But I use my phone for reading. Just saying.
Sounds reasonable to me 🙂
Phone has those rays...even ebooks are almost like that. An actual book is always the best option. It gives u the feeling of having a friend, calms ur mind (really great to read at night), the wonderful smell of new pages, u can keep a book u liked for years and afterwards take it off the shelf and relish good memories, just looking at all the books stacked in ur shelf gives such a warm feeling...I could just keep on talking more :))
Like reading comments like these
@@lokeshbajracharya5190 🤣🤣
@@ruchamansukh1203 well it's a matter of opinion
I’d add up Meditation without a doubt my friend, cold shower works as ice for healing, green smoothies and drink water plus eat healthy, motivational videos also will raise the bar up
Thank you for such content.
Thanks bro really needed video
00:10 Use your time efficiently and find productive activities
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02:57 Social skills, human behavior, and finance.
04:15 Creating lists helps with organization and motivation.
05:43 Exercise and disconnecting from external stimuli have positive brain effects
07:13 A clean physical environment improves cognition, behavior, and decision making
08:41 Clean up files and search history, improve skills, and try something new
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He’s telling us not to be glued to the screen, but we’re sitting like a potato watching this