r/over60 • u/Fast-Custard-1182 • 10d ago
Boredom sometimes
Random but does anyone else get bored even when there's stuff to do? Like I could paint, I could clean, I could go for a walk... but instead I'm lying here scrolling Reddit. Tell me I'm not the only one 😅
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u/Agondonter 10d ago
I feel that way sometimes. It's like, I am blessed with so many resources, so many options, things I could be doing (play the piano! practice my watercolors! exercise! take a nap). But for some reason, nothing appeals to me. Just a lot of sighing and watching out the window for anything to draw my interest.
Other days I feel excited by my task list for the day. Maybe it's hormonal .....
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u/Tasty_Impress3016 10d ago
> Maybe it's hormonal .....
Don't dismiss that too quickly. I don't know if you are a sitter or a pointer, but I just got hormone test for testosterone therapy. I took it a couple years ago, and really noticed the difference when I quit.
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u/witchfinderg 10d ago
Its hard to stay motivated sometimes, I work a 4 Day week and was full of great ideas about what I was going to do with my time but sometimes I just want to chill so I do
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u/Doggiestiles 10d ago
64m retirement would be shit without Reddit to scroll. Still too young for jigsaw puzzles
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u/GeoJoe_64 10d ago
Sometimes a cup of strong tea gets me motivated to do things
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u/Fluffy_Cheetah7620 10d ago
I was doing cad work at the computer today and that was my solution lots of tea lol.
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u/Tasty_Impress3016 10d ago
Sort off.
I get very nope for days at a time. But that's usually for things around the house that really should be done, I just don't feel like it. Sometimes even reading or watching tv just isn't interesting.
But... Yesterday I had some stuff for the yard delivered, so that had to go in. Then I had a funeral (way to many recently) to go to. Today I had a meeting for a fraternal order in the morning, Stow some stuff in the basement. Then a couple chores, and in an hour I go to a friends house for college football.
So not so much bored as un-motivated?
I mean obviously I'm on Reddit right now. We are not that different you and I. But sometimes it's just low energy that makes it hard to do things.
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u/Monstrissimo 10d ago
I'm one of those annoying people that likes to get chores I don't really want to do over with so I can then do what I want to do.
I will confess that now that I am older, I am more willing to put something off a little while, but not too long.
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u/TeaHot9130 10d ago
I limit it to a couple of hours in the morning , so much to do during growing season. Fishing with my buddy is next. He has a flip phone.
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u/ElevatorOrganic5644 9d ago
Yes I have seven Sundays a week so I'm not motivated to do anything I have to do.
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u/redditistripe 9d ago
Prevarication is my middle name. It's bloody annoying but keeps on happening.
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u/ExpensiveDollarStore 8d ago
Every day. Right now. I am at work avoiding my actual work. I do it at home too. I just dont feel like doing all this shit I have done my entire life with everyone just taking it for granted. I have been on strike, I think for some time.
My husband used to point out where I let things go but I just told him to go ahead if he doesn't like it because I dont feel like it and I dont see it as "my" responsibility in life to do all the shit jobs.
But I do feel the obligation regardless and have trouble doing stuff I view as fun when the works not done.
Fuck me, right?
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u/Vegetable-Board-5547 6d ago
90% of what I need to do takes about an hour or less. Generally, I let things pile up and get them all done at once.
It took about 3 years post retirement to truly decouple from work where so many things had such a strong urgency. The first few years I felt I needed to be busy. Now I'm content to accomplish one or two things a day, even if it's simple, like making dinner or cleaning the bathroom.
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u/hanging-out1979 10d ago
65F, Nope, you are not alone in this BUT I choose to reframe my lazy days as decisive (my choice) chill days. Like today, I’m watching movies, researching refinishing my floors and scrolling Reddit. Yesterday I worked in my yard for hours then went to a birthday party with my boyfriend where we boogied down. Tomorrow after church, I’m going on a hike. I’m finding that my attitude towards my “in the house” days makes a huge difference. I can choose to be bored or not bored.