Defeat Boredom with Gratitude

• 1). Keep a gratitude journal. Being thankful for what you have helps to create an attitude change. Rather than dwelling on how slow time is moving and how little there is to do, writing about gratitude helps develop feelings of plenty. Make it a daily habit to write about the things that bring you joy and keep you busy. This habit will help create more of those positive things in your life.
  
  
• 2). Read books that interest you and help you feel gratitude. Not only does reading help time go by faster but books, both fiction and non-fiction, can help you feel grateful about your life and will foster a change in attitude. Knowledge grows through reading. Learning new things helps to increase self-esteem and self-awareness.
  
  
• 3). Lift your mood by listening to upbeat music. Music has been found to influence a person's mood. Use it to bring you out of a state of boredom, enhance creativity and to help feelings of gratitude flow.
  
  

Take Action to Make Time Go by Faster

• 1). When time is dragging because you feel there is nothing to do, take action. Once you have cultivated your feelings of gratitude through writing in a journal, reading and listening to music, use your newly found inspiration to be creative. Practice a favorite creative endeavor to make the time go by faster. Draw, write, paint or do another craft that you enjoy.
  
  
• 2). Reading can be a boredom-busting past time by itself, even when you're not using it to enrich feelings of gratitude. Get lost in a page-turning novel or peruse the library for interesting books to read.
  
  
• 3). Be prepared the next time boredom strikes by creating a new play list. Searching for new music to listen to can make time go by faster and is an activity enjoyed by many people.