Whether you're on vacation, stuck at home for the day, or just have nothing else to do, here's a list of 100 things you can do to beat boredom!
1. Read an Odyssey article. (*wink*)
2. Write an Odyssey article. (*wink, wink*)
3. Rearrange your bedroom
4. Spark a debate with your roommate.
5. Cook your favorite dinner.
6. Set a $20 budget, go to Target, and buy yourself anything you want, within the budget.
7. Re-fold the stack of t-shirts in your closet that looks more like a pile-o-doom.
8. Learn how to knit and/or sew.
9. Re-read your favorite book.
10. Buy a new book by your favorite author.
11. Try a new hairstyle.
12. Find a dog, take it for a walk.
13. Go out of your way to make a new friend.
14. Find a new band to be obsessed with.
15. Volunteer at your local animal shelter!
16. Play your favorite game from when you were a kid.
17. Call your mom/dad/grandma/uncle/whomever.
18. Listen to someone else’s problems, it may help you gain perspective on your own issues.
19. Come up with an idea for a children's book.
20. Vacuum your apartment, it probably needs it.
21. Lock yourself in your car and scream at the top of your lungs.
22. Take a bubble bath.
23. Try that DIY project on Pinterest you've been putting off for a year.
24. Do something kind for someone else, for no reason.
25. Get a new piercing.
26. Wear something that's a bit out of your comfort zone.
27. Have someone take a slow-mo video of you doing a spit-take.
28. Make a macaroni necklace.
29. Pay for the people behind you in the Starbuck's drive-through.
30. Take something apart, put it back together again.
31. Meditate.
32. Clean out your refrigerator.
33. Make a playlist of your favorite songs and dance until you're exhausted.
34. Do your eyebrows.
35. Try a new food you've always been scared of.
36. Explore the town you live in.
37. Ask a stranger on a date.
38. Give yourself a makeover.
39. Give someone else a makeover.
40. Get a hand-mirror and flashlight and look up your nose.
41. Take a much-needed nap.
42. Challenge yourself to take the fastest shower of your life.
43. Learn everything you can on something that really interests you.
44. Ask an old person to tell you their life story.
45. Find something that's broken, then fix it.
46. Watch a documentary on something fascinating.
47. Go for a run, don't stop until you absolutely have to.
48. Read up on your favorite animal.
49. Find a new hero.
50. Become really good at hula hooping.
51. Write a thank-you note to the biggest influence in your life.
52. Go see a movie with great reviews.
53. Look up bloopers and mess-ups from your favorite movie, rewatch it, and try to spot all of them.
54. Write a letter to your future self.
55. Do your homework. (haha just kidding)
56. Design a greeting card.
57. Make a meal using only ingredients you already have in your kitchen.
58. Fill a piece of paper with any and every thought that comes to your head.
59. Make a collage out of magazine clippings.
60. Count how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
61. Try using your non-dominant hand only for a whole day.
62. Clean out your closet.
63. Take the 16-Personalities personality test.
64. Apologize for the things you're sorry for.
65. Go out of your way for someone who needs a little help.
66. Become and ordained minister.
67. Donate blood.
68. Do your damn laundry.
69. Plan a road trip with your best friends.
70. Make a list of your favorite things about yourself.
71. Start a new diet.
72. Cheat on your diet.
73. Build a fort in your living room.
74. Invite a friend over to be bored with you in your fort.
75. Organize your bathroom counter.
76. Do something that scares you.
77. Order something pointless but fun off of Amazon.
78. Learn the alphabet backwards.
79. Paint a self portrait.
80. Close your eyes, point to a place on a map, then drive there.
81. Plant a garden.
82. Watch random YouTube tutorials until you're a jack of all trades.
83. Detail your shoes.
84. Strike a yoga pose.
85. Take a selfie for Instagram.
86. Make DIY slime!
87. Try to go an entire day without saying a word.
88. Watch every single Disney Pixar movie.
89. Make a new friend.
90. Buy a meal for a homeless person.
91. Give your dog a bath.
92. Teach yourself to do a handstand or a cartwheel.
93. Wash your car (exterior and interior).
94. Learn all of the state capitals.
95. Learn all of the elements on the periodic table.
96. Put your favorite music on and dance until you can't anymore.
97. Try on some really expensive clothes.
98. Make a wish list of all of the extravagant things you want in life.
99. Start a new, positive habit!
100. Give someone a hug.