When Life Is Too Boring to Write About

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

Exactly, but I tend to be over doing writing about my research project. Normal, every day life is on hold at the moment.

@TheHorse (238325)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 15

@ElizabethWallace You've inspired me! I'm going to write about "karma at the dollar store" and see if anybody cares!

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@TheHorse (238325)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 15

@valmnz I actually like research and may have to seek out your earlier posts.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153529)

• India

4 Nov 15

You have to think outside your own box Val. Just cast your net there.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153529)

• India

4 Nov 15

@valmnz You better do something unique then to write about

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

@allknowing I prefer to be where I am at the moment, immersed in Borough Council arguments over finance in the early 1900s - no one wants to hear about that

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

I'm happily caught in my own nets at the moment

Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

4 Nov 15

Oh you boring girl. I think that you should take a day off and go white water rafting or Gecko training so that we will have something interesting to read about.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

That sounds like a great idea. How about a trip to the vineyards?

I consider white water rafting a spectator sport.

Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

4 Nov 15

@valmnz I think the same when it comes to white water rafting. A great sport for others.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

@Asylum now, give me flats swimming pool water and I'm really at home.

Dominique

@dodo19 (48167)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

4 Nov 15

I don't always have things to write about either. It's not always easy to think of something to write about.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

5 Nov 15

@dodoazo that is a worry since in my real life I carry the labels of both writer and historian.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91129)

• United States

4 Nov 15

Me either. My life is pretty boring

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

6 Nov 15

Keep a little notepad and pen with you at all times. At any time you do something, jot it down and put a little note next to it. At the end of the day, write a short story about it. I like to do that as I forget what I did all day long but I remember saying to myself, this will be a good post.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 15

It's still nice to hear from you Val

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

Thanks Janet, I'm struggling to be here at the moment, but I'm doing my best

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 15

@valmnz Don't worry about it, use the site to suit yourself.

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rakski

@rakski (156506)

• Philippines

6 Nov 15

as long as you are enjoying on what you do. who knows, maybe it will interest us also. history is boring when taught in class. but if you fill in itsy tiny weeny of history now and then, it may ot be that bad.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

6 Nov 15

The fun thing about social history is it's about ordinary people in ordinary communities.

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rakski

@rakski (156506)

• Philippines

7 Nov 15

@valmnz @ramapo and it is good if we can relate to it because somewhere along the way we learn something from it. something new. and I like learning

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Nov 15

@valmnz That makes it more interesting as we can all relate to some people some of the time. Keep it coming.

AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16676)

• Boston, Massachusetts

4 Nov 15

I know what you mean. I have been busy today but nothing interesting enough to write about and today has been a pretty slow day for me as far as myLot is concerned. I would write a post, but I have nothing to say.

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16676)

• Boston, Massachusetts

5 Nov 15

@valmnz If it works,I would be willing to write a dozen boring posts.

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

5 Nov 15

I certainly know that feeling. I'm not sure what is going on here, but this post seems to be attracting a lot of attention today. Do people rally want to read about things being boring?

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

5 Nov 15

I'm betting we'd find your day far from boring

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

5 Nov 15

@valmnz a clever teaser to get us anticipating your next few posts

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

5 Nov 15

But you'd probably be left wondering just what goes through my head

I like it that way.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

5 Nov 15

I am finding it all quite fascinating and I am sure I would really enjoy attending it myself.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

5 Nov 15

attending is one thing, going on about it is another. Still, I'm off to a book launch later for a bit of an outing.

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peggy baker

@softbabe44 (5815)

• Vancouver, Washington

5 Nov 15

Well You have been busy

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

5 Nov 15

and actually really enjoying myself

Shannon

@fawkes62 (1276)

• United States

5 Nov 15

There are times I feel like that myself. I wonder sometimes if people get tired of reading about my kids and my pets, but that's my life. It's exciting, sometimes, to me but not necessarily to everyone else. Write about it and people will read it if they want.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

6 Nov 15

That's kind of good advice :-)

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Robin Lamb

@troyburns (1405)

• New Zealand

7 Nov 15

I reckon almost every day of my life is too boring to write about, so I scribble nonsense about big impersonal topics instead. Maybe I need to think more about the little daily things, and try to "see a world in a grain of sand."

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

7 Nov 15

Just looking out the window and sharing your thoughts on what you see seems to be of interest to many

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tutti harris

@tuttiharris (1338)

• Chattanooga, Tennessee

4 Nov 15

We would never get bored. It is always interesting what other people are doing, especially for me. I love hearing how the rest of the world are carrying out their day.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

I agree most of the time

but when one writes about the same thing over and over others tend to start drifting away.

@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Nov 15

Me too @tuttiharris.

@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Nov 15

@valmnz There are always new people that will come and read your posts that are new to your thoughts and ideas.

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Janet Anderson

@Auntylou (4262)

• Oxford, England

7 Nov 15

Your history work is important, so don't worry!

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

7 Nov 15

Now, a few days later, I think I was at a loss for something to write about

life moves forward fortunately.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40032)

• Toccoa, Georgia

4 Nov 15

It doesn't matter how boring you think the things you write about are, lots of us think it is interesting to read.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

I don't think of them as boring, but people tend to tire of hearing me writing about what I'm doing. I'm quite excited about it.

sofs

@sofssu (23660)

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4 Nov 15

As long as you feel the sense of satisfaction you have a great story to tell.

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@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

4 Nov 15

I'm lucky to be able to do the things that do indeed bring me satisfaction.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45490)

• United States

4 Nov 15

As long as you are enjoying it that's what matters.

@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Nov 15

You are so right Abby.

Bala

@everloving (439)

• Chennai, India

4 Nov 15

Keep writing. It is those writing which you feel that you have already had enough will surprise you by more responses.

@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Nov 15

That is so true @everloving.

@TheHorse (238325)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 15

I feel that way when I post about vintage loudspeaker restoration sometimes. Incredibly exciting to me. Pretty boring for most, except (perhaps) for the pretty pictures of walnut wood.

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

7 Nov 15

@ramapo17 so true.

@TheHorse (238325)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Nov 15

@valmnz And we write with the most passion about things of interest to us. So I won't stop posting about vintage loudspeakers, working with troubled kids, music, etc. It's the stuff that I find exciting, and hopefully I can pass that excitement on to others.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Nov 15

That is what makes us all unique. If we all liked the same things life would be boring.

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