I really really want to respond to discussions but...

Oww.. I'm feeling that way too this days, the community seems a bit boring because of the slow flow of discussions and responses. I tried to have a one day break hoping that maybe I could find something but still didn't. But there are times when the forums are fun and some are not just like now.

It happens to the best of us. Sometimes you need to walk away from something for a while to miss it and remember why you liked it to begin with. So, take a break. Leave for a couple of days. I have gotten a little bored now and then. And, yes...there are a lot of repeat topics but, with nearly 140,000 members, there are bound to be many times that the same topic gets repeated. And, that also makes it hard for us to come up with brand new, never been asked or discussed topics. As for my methods, I don't really have one. I basically just look at the current topics sorties and pick whatever appeals to me. I read the discussion and if I have something to add, I do. If not, I close it and move on to the next. Then, when I have looked through all of the topics that I am interested in, I refresh the page and start over again. Right now, I am talking a lot about the show Big Brother on CBS. But, usually I don't start a lot of discussions. I do find that, sometimes, my heart is just not into myLot. Sometimes I am in a bad mood, or just a sad mood. Sometimes I am just tired or don't feel well. On those days, I might try to get into some discussions or just leave it be and get back to it when I am feeling more up for discussions. Some days, I just don't get onto myLot at all. I do find that weekends are a good time to just sort of back off and give yourself a myLot free day to keep from being burned out. So, maybe pick a few days in the week when you will just ignore myLot altogether and get back to it a couple of days later. Good luck! Don't worry! We all get a little burnt out sometimes!

I honestly think I understand the way you feel. There have been many times when I have felt as you are feeling now. And when I do feel as though I have nothing to contribute to discussions or am bored here, I do take a break from Mylot. Sometimes I think that a lack of earning money, at times, makes me feel bored here or somewhat discouraged. Other times, like right now and for the last few days, I have alot to say, it seems. I don't know how meaningful what I have to say, is. However I have been starting more discussions than usual. ;) I think that you may be going through a period of boredom here on Mylot. Perhaps you will feel more like posting, etc. after a few days or a week or two? Anyway, I hope you feel like you want to participate more here within a short period of time. Have a good day.

Hey marina, I don't think that it's you. I've only been here for 6 weeks and I feel that way sometimes. There are times when I have so many discussions to contribute to that I can't type quick enough and then there are times when I finish anwering the ones that I get in my emails and look through the other discussions and I just can't find anything that really interests me. It makes me think that it must be me because there are so many to choose from I think sometimes it has to do with the mood I'm in, I'm just not sure. I do believe that everyone gets that way at one time. So I think that's just a normal reaction. Maybe you need a break. I haven't been here long enough to give you advice. I can say that the discussions that you do start are always interesting and are some of my favorite to respond to so keep on posting!

I have only been here a short time and yes I'm bored. I don't have a lot of time to be on or other things don't get done. For me it's hard to find things to talk about. With out sounding stupid. lol. But then I just think it's the weather that is what this lady at work say's. We are all blah because of the weather.

It's very hard for me to find discussions to reposnd too. Most of them seem to be boring for me, or in another words, do not have deep meanings. i do not repond to the discussion just for the sake of few cents, but want it to form some valuable opinions. so, i totally understand you, even not being here for a month. i also try to add many new interests, but the quantity still doesn't exceed quality. now i'm having a little break from mylot, so hope that later on i'll find discussions to respond.

To be honest with you, in the last few weeks it has become quite slow on here in regards of finding good discussions that I can answer. A lot of my friends seem to have dropped off the face of the earth as well which means I hardly get anything off them either. I have cut down again on the amount of time that I spend here and I am now only coming on here for about two hours a day, just enough time to answer my friends discussions. I have not set any discussions up for ages either, but I am just not in the mood too at the min, and I think that you do have to be in the mood for it.

I think every site goes through cycles where there are a lot of interesting things to look at and then there aren't so many. I go through the same cycle when it comes to starting discussions. I can think of a couple of good things one day and be dry for weeks!

i think yes, sometimes you just dont have much to talk about that you havent already rehashed. i think you need to just maybe while your not sitting in front of the pc,think about what you are doing at other times and what your interested in when you see it on tv and apply it to a discussion here. i find myself thinking about stuff i want an answer for and put it on mylot.

you're not the only one there. sometime's i don't know if i'm going to find any. and you can't repeat anything or it can be deleted, which makes it harder to contribute where you want to talk. hang in there every new day can bring new possibilities.