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80 Productive Things To Do When Bored:
How To Beat Boredom with Productivity
We often find ourselves bored and don’t know what to do. In times like these, it’s good to have a few productive things to do to get us out of the state of boredom we’re in.
Instead of binging Netflix all day long, why not try to do a few productive things that will make you feel good and keep you energized?
In this list, I combined 80 things that you can do when you are bored and don’t want to reach for that remote.
I think we can all agree that being productive is better than being lazy, right?
Let’s get to the 80 things to do when you are bored!
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80 Productive Things To Do When Bored
1. Clean your car. A clean car is going to make you feel SO much better when you drive in it again, and you can do it yourself instead of going to a carwash!
2. Make a new playlist. You can also make multiple playlists for different moods!
4. Listen to podcasts. Podcasts are a great way to stay productive and learn new things.
5. Update your resume.
6. Work on learning a new language. Duolingo is a great app for that!
7. Look on Pinterest for inspiration.
8. Go for a walk.
9. Create a vision board. This can be a physical or digital vision board!
10. Journal. Journaling is a great way to release stress and find out more about yourself.
11. Learn about finances. This is SUCH an important skill to have.
12. Read a motivational book. This will help you go after your goals!
13. Paint or draw. YouTube has tons of tutorials!
14. Practice gratitude.
15. Improve flexibility with yoga.
16. Declutter your phone.
17. Start a blog. Here’s how!
18. Bake a cake.
19. Go through your emails. Delete any unwanted emails!
20. Create a bucket list.
21. Organize your drawers.
22. Cook from a new recipe.
23. Redecorate your room. This is always fun and it will keep you busy for a few hours!
24. Clean your makeup brushes.
25. Declutter your makeup collection. Check for any expired products!
26. Learn a new skill.
27. Try a new makeup look.
28. Create new outfits.
29. Organize the photos in your phone into albums.
30. Start a YouTube channel.
31. Work out.
32. Start a bullet journal.
33. Practice meditation.
34. Do an online quiz.
35. Unfollow online accounts that don’t make you feel good. Because why should you follow accounts that don’t do anything good for your self-esteem?
36. Dust off your electronics. Dust loves to settle on electronics, especially those that aren’t moved a lot like TVs and Playstations.
37. Create a five-year plan.
38. Start a free course. There are a ton of those online, and you can add them to your resume!
39. Catch up with a friend.
40. Shop online. Retail therapy is so much better done online than in crowded stores!
41. Work on your Instagram feed. Download the app Preview and play around with the placement of your photos.
42. Discover new music.
43. Try out a new face mask.
44. Have a pamper day.
45. Sell clothes online. You’ll declutter AND make money from it.
46. Create a wishlist.
47. Test out a new hairstyle.
48. Call a grandparent/aunt or uncle.
49. Make your own body scrub and hair mask.
50. Build a puzzle.
51. Plan out your week. Enter your email below to receive a free weekly planner!
52. Paint your nails.
53. Learn a new dance. TikTok is a great place for that!
54. Do your laundry. You may not like it, but you’ll love the feeling of it being done!
55. Write a letter to someone. Bonus points if it’s a handwritten letter.
56. Write 3 short-term goals.
57. Work on your current goals.
58. Look up yummy recipes online.
59. Go for a car/bike ride.
60. Bake banana bread or cookies.
61. Make money online.
62. Work on your personal development.
63. Plan your next vacation.
64. Set up a life binder.
65. Start scrapbooking.
66. Organize your bills and paperwork.
67. Delete contacts from your phone.
68. Toss out your expired products.
69. Create a meal plan.
70. Watch a TED Talk. There is a TED Talk out there for literally everything.
71. Start working on a new healthy habit.
72. Cancel any unwanted paid subscriptions. I know you have at least one!
73. Use unroll.me to manage your email subscriptions. It can easily unsubscribe you from mailing lists you’re not interested in.
74. Download a new productivity app.
75. Learn 5 new words. Expending your vocabulary is going to make you sound super smart.
76. Decorate your desk.
77. Make an emergency kit. Better to stay prepared!
78. Clean your windows.
79. Make a charcuterie board. This can be savory like this one or sweet like this one! YUM!
80. Change your bed sheets.
I hope you enjoyed this post on productive things to do when you are bored! What do you usually do when you are bored and have nothing to do?
Do you find yourself being productive, or do you scroll Netflix for things to watch time and time again? No judgment here, we all do it from time to time. 😉
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This is such a useful post! Bookmarking for when I’m next bored 🙂
Happy to hear that!
Great post! Thank you for sharing this! I’ll definitely do some of these things next time!
Enjoy!
Baking a cake right now! Well, not literally right now because it is in the oven or I would not be writing this. It is a chocolate torte, but I love banana bread to.
I love working on the puzzles my mom designs, but my drawers are in need of a good clean-out. I love the idea of cleaning out the digital files and cancelling unwanted descriptions!
Ooh yummy! How’d the cake turn out?
Some great suggestions here, Mariam. I’ve luckily not felt bored too often during lockdown as I’ve always kept myself busy but I’ve found myself doing a lot of the things you’ve mentioned here x
Thank you! I love keeping busy too!
Great list, so often I sit around bored and I can’t seem to think of anything to do. When in reality there’s loads of things I could be doing, a handy list is a great idea.
I’m happy you think so!
I love posts like these! I definitely agree that being productive is better than being lazy. Even when I watch Netflix, I like doing something somewhat productive. These are all great ideas. You just reminded me that I have to go work on my Duolingo lesson! x
Much love always,
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I usually fold laundry or something like that when I’m watching Netflix. Two birds with one stone!
Great list – love the variety!! May just do some of them today!
Yay! Enjoy!
I love that you’ve included practical, useful things in here as well as fun activities. I’m definitely one of those people that gets bored easily, but doing little tasks like that can help get me out of boredom and feel motivated and achieving again.
I get bored easily too so it’s always helpful to me to have a few activities in mind for those boring times!
Great tips you shared here Mariam! 👏🏼
The way I see it, being productive is what can keep sanity intact. And what you shared here are amazing tips to stay sane (productive) and enjoy at the same time. 👍
Thank you! That’s exactly what I was going for 🙂
I must say, I am not often bored, my life is quite full on, I work full time and blog on the side, not to mention family, fiance and everything else!! But these tips are great!
Rosie
It’s great to be busy! Makes the days go by faster.
I’ve got to admit I’m absolutely dreadful for just vegging out in front of the tv or playing the Sims rather than being productive! I’ve decided to bookmark this post and any time I’m feeling bored I’ll pick a random number and do something actually worthwhile instead. Thank you for the tips!
This is such a wonderful and extensive list! I’ll be sure to come back to it when I am wasting my time doing unproductive things. It’s just so easy to fall into a slump where you become unproductive.
Those are great ideas. Found some that I’ll do myself. Thanks for sharing.