In 2012 I made a list of inspiration for myself and others. I’ve completed the majority of the items which you can view on my old blog. If you decide to do any of them, I’d love to see your results and hear your thoughts. If you use any of them, I’d love it if you used #UncustomaryLove so I can follow along! And check out below where you can find a FREE download of 200 Things To Do When You’re Bored!
1. Complete an online tutorial you’ve bookmarked for later
2. Stick googly eyes on inanimate objects
3. Mix patterns that people say “clash”
4. Make a list longer than you think you can finish
5. Share your life and findings via snail mail and the internet
6. Decorate cupcakes in an awesome way
7. Try to have a $0 shopping trip due to coupons, sales, etc.
8. Collect something very specific
9. Wear a mask, crown (or other headwear) that you made all day
10. Clear off your entire workspace and reorganize (don’t put anything back in the same spot)
11. Carry a notebook and pen with you everywhere you go
12. Fill an entire photo album with anything but photographs
13. Try to change your handwriting for the length of an entire letter
14. Utilize free and found materials
15. Knit something your cat can wear
16. Map out a descriptive music video for any song
17. Make a list of things you’re tolerating and then fix them
18. Use paint chips for anything except what they’re intended for
19. Have a dress up in costume evening
20. Wear only black clothing (down to the underwear!) and allow yourself one colored accessory
21. Use Polaroids or other forms of instant film
22. Melt crayons
23. Go somewhere outside specifically to play the cloud game
24. Write with different color inks
26. Take an illusion type picture
27. Decorate for every holiday
28. Add magnetic strips to your make up or other supplies for easy storage/access
29. Leave a happy note or quote in the copy machine at work
30. Leave twinkle/Christmas lights up all year round
31. Use ribbon as a belt (but only if your pants are definitely going to stay up!)
32. Change the lyrics to a song that you are singing to your pet (about your pet)
33. Don’t stay seated for too long
35. Mail an object not in an envelope or package (as is)
36. Stay up past your bed time (to keep or start working)
37. Recreate a photo that you think is beautiful
38. Make up a story about people you see walking on the street
39. Do something anyway (even when you don’t have all the supplies)
41. Make your voicemail something other than “leave me a message and I’ll call you back”
42. Journal or write something somewhere every day
43. Make a paper chain to count down to an upcoming event or occasion
45. Select one of the five senses and document everything you experience with that sense for one day
46. Listen to music instead of watching TV
47. Decorate a pair of cheap/plain shoes with something wonderful and tacky
48. Take on an entirely new persona for an evening out (bonus points for an accent)
49. Decide what you would want to be in a textbook for and then go make sure it happens
51. Create a theme for you to follow for a day or a whole week (clothing, speech, activities, etc.)
52. Make variable and attainable goal lists
53. Wrap every item of a present individually
54. Teach someone something (or make your own tutorial)
55. Celebrate weird and unusual holidays
56. Write out the alphabet and then the first words that comes to your mind for each letter
58. Incorporate a daily quote into your routine
59. Have an unbirthday party for someone
60. Install some guerilla art for everyone to enjoy
61. If given the option, choose color
62. Do the Macarena to a song you don’t know how to dance to
63. Execute an elaborate Random Act of Kindness (Amélie style)
64. Spend a day focusing on the similarities between things, people, etc.
65. Use colored staples from here on out
66. Decorate the inside of your car
68. Document the moon for an entire lunar cycle
69. Take a picture of the same spot every day at the same time
70. Go a whole day without communicative media and/or technology
71. Build a fort to work (or play) in
72. Communicate with someone who you only text with by only images (no words/text)
73. Use unique lighting (twinkle lights, color filters, etc.)
74. Decide what should be on a stamp – then make your own artistamps
75. Incorporate every color of the rainbow into your outfit
76. Journal for ten minutes straight (never stop writing)
77. Make your own Halloween costume
78. Write thank you cards for your friends, family, or coworkers (not for gifts, for anything else)
79. Have a yard sale where you sell handmade things not (just) junk
80. Plan a surprise for someone
83. Carve your own rubber stamp
85. Pretend you’re a mermaid for a day
86. Add food coloring to your meal
87. Leave nice/anonymous notes for strangers
88. Make a mural or scene with sidewalk chalk
89. Frequently change your surroundings
90. Decorate mirrors with dry erase markers
91. Wear fancy hair accessories on ordinary days
92. Make paper snowflakes out of colored paper
93. Take a road trip somewhere within 90 minutes, but to somewhere you’ve never been before
95. Create an outdoor natural artwork (using flowers, a rock garden, collection, etc.)
96. Make your own sketch design (crayons, black paint, scratching)
97. Go to a party supply store when you have no intention of throwing a party
98. Document your week in paper scraps
100. Explore through a park, forest, or other area of nature
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200 Things To Do When You’re Bored
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