Idk what to do atp

[grizzled tundra]

There's been something going on that everyone knows about, the one that's happening in many countries, and I'm in the middle of it, not to the point that I see planes in the sky, or explosions, but I'm kinda close.

Because of that the electric cuts of everyday, we get about 4 hours of electricity each day, it used to be 24 hours, and because of this sometimes I can't spend time on my phone, it's depressing at night since it's just dark with small lights on.

literally nothing you can do, I exercise, cook sometimes, but it's not enough to cover up my day, I get tired of boredom, I've no idea what to do, and I'm worried one day I'll get up to an even bigger problem.

[ember rampart]

do you live in a neighborhood or near people also facing the electric cuts?

[grizzled tundra]

Yeah they also have these issues but they recently got fixed, and now literally only our house has this issue, their electricity isn't 24 hours, like it used it be, but it's alot more than 4 hours, for some reason only ours is broken

[grizzled tundra]

Maybe not only our house because sometimes I see other houses have this issue

[ember rampart]

Maybe you're not the only one who feels this way about the electricity cuts. Time would pass by easier when you have other people to spend it with. What are your thoughts on finding out which of your neighbors are also on limited electricity and brainstorming with them on what to do?

[grizzled tundra]

Well if you're saying I should go and be friends with the neighbours that'd be basically impossible lol

[ember rampart]

not necessarily "be friends", but rather acquaintances. As you said, you're stuck with limited electricity and asking for suggestions on what to do. Talking to people and sharing your common experience with the electricity cuts is one such suggestion.

The other thing you can do is to examine why you're worried about being tired of boredom that might lead to bigger problems down the road.

[grizzled tundra]

Well, I'll just be honest I'm not that type of person to keep talking after saying something like "howdy", I just say that word but in our religion it's something different, just like saying shalom in Judaism, and after I say that I can't say anything else, they just say it back, I'd say I'm not that extroverted, plus most of my neighbours are just adults, very rare amount are my age and they're just immature loser kids.

[grizzled tundra]

Also the thing is I can't stand doing nothing or having nothing to do

It's just one of the worst things that can happen

[ember rampart]

It's unrealistic to expect a conversation to flow from greeting a stranger one or two times - organic conversations don't work like that. A conversation starts off with a small greeting and builds up slowly each time you meet those same folks. For example, today you might say a simple hello. Tomorrow, you might say hello + share something you recently did or saw. The day after that, you might say hello + giving a little more detail on the thing that happened yesterday to build on top of it, and so on and on. In any event, I'm not sure if we're understanding each other at this particular aspect on suggesting for you alternative things to do while you're experiencing electricity cuts, so I'll withhold any further suggestions and leave you to it.

[ember rampart]

how did you come to believe that having nothing to do is one of the worst things?

[grizzled tundra]

Because there's a bunch of things I hate alot in my life, and I realised one of them is being bored and having nothing to do, it sucks and It's like there's nothing I can do about it

[grizzled tundra]

I understand what you're saying, I'm also 16 and as I said most of my neighbours are adults, like 28-40, and I feel like if I greet them at first, next day greet but share something, would just be odd, I've never seen that here, as I said I'm not that much of an extrovert

[ember rampart]

If the question was "how did you come to believe that 2+2=5?", and your reply is ,"I added 2 and 2 together and it was 5," that doesn't explain how you arrived at your conclusion of 5. Analyzing how you came to the conclusion that being bored is the worst thing ever might shift your perspective a bit to where you see something different. If you can see it differently, then you'll feel differently about it (the boredom, that is).

[ember rampart]

it doesn't sound like we're on the same page on this aspect. No one is born knowing how to socialize - it's a skill that requires practice, like playing a musical instrument. That being said, if you don't think that making conversation with folks is worth the time or energy because of your personal reasons, then don't. It's OK, we all do things at our own pace.

What are your thoughts about venting in #vent-anonymously or chatting with a @Listener?

[grizzled tundra]

I got what youre saying, thanks for your time