Corinne’s Blog

I have a friend, and he will always tell me how bored he is because he can’t seem to find anything to do. Not on school night, or weekends, or ever. He is always bored. I try and give him suggestions of things he could do, and I invite him to do things with me and my friends, but no matter what he is always bored. I don’t see how this is possible. There are so many things to do! How could someone ever be bored? So I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two types of people in the world: people that can have fun, and those that can’t. For example, my sister Abby and I can go almost anywhere and have a good time. We make going to the grocery store a battle against imaginary foes, and we turn runs into secret missions, we make up ridiculous yoga routines when we’re waiting in lines. There are no limits to the things we could come up with to have fun. Whereas my aforementioned friend could go to the grocery store, go on a run, and wait in a line and be bored the whole time. My sister and I got a book titled “How To Be An Explorer Of The World: A Portable Life Museum.” This book pretty much is our attitude towards life and having fun put into book-form. It shows that there is something to do at anytime, even if you have nothing with you. I think that boredom, like all other emotions, is a choice, and why would anyone choose to be bored?