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How to combat boredom

I choose this subject because it was, for me, the most interesting one. Indeed it is a fact which happens at least one in anyone’s life. BOREDOM. Alone at home anything to do at work or sick in your bed, lots of situation can cause boredom. But the real question is how to combat it? What could you do against it? First of all, when a child lets his parents know that he is bored, they directly reply: «Read!” Indeed reading is a wonderful way to combat boredom. “Read project yourself in a parallel world” said Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a famous French writer. Indeed there is many ways reading. First, the novel: it can be a romantic story or an action or a mysterious, fantastic… unless it is interesting!! But apart from dreaming through a novel you can also read the newspaper and learn many things about how the world goes on? You could also read comics to entertain yourself… We just saw a way to combat boredom. But what will be the answer for a child or a teenager? TECHNOLOGIES! Indeed we know that an average European child is watching TV and go on computer 3 hours a day. You can add the time spend on video game as PS3 or Xbox for boys and Facebook and social websites for girls. But Facebook is another thing. It is internet. Indeed you can do a huge amount of things by internet. Chatting, playing online games, sharing videos or photos for example but also learn whatever you want. But having internet means that you are not lost in the middle of nowhere. And I think this is the main point. In fact how to combat boredom in the middle of nowhere without electricity, no Facebook, no games? IPhone? Yes but for a really short amount of time. It could seem really hard to find a solution … But there are many of them. What about playing a game with your family or friends, boarding games? It is actually great fun and relaxing. But this solution let suppose that you are not on your own. What about if you are in the middle of nowhere and alone? Then there is 2 solutions which would come to your mind. And you can do them both at the same time. Go outside and enjoy what is around you. By car, by foot or by bike, rediscover the nature. You can have a walk or a little running in a wood… Admire animals and vegetal. And what about if the weather is terrible? Then stay home, close your eyes and dream. Dream about whatever you want. Evade yourself just by thinking. Dream that you are flying over the city. Because thinking and dreaming are the only real solutions to combat boredom and anyone will take them from you.

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