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Today's prompt got me reminiscing on my life as a kid. The things I did back then, some of which were utterly crazy, and stupid. And honestly, I wouldn't have probably done any of those things if I hadn't been bored out of my mind.
I was the only child of my parents, and I was scared of getting into fights with the other neighborhood children. As a result of that, I rarely played with other kids. I always had this feeling that something might go wrong, and I'd end up causing trouble for my parents, and I didn't want that. And because of all these, I was always indoors, and to top it all, my parents were workaholics, so they were rarely at home.
My daily routine was school in the morning, home by noon, and stay all by myself till they returned in the evening. And, during this time when I am alone, I'd engage in some crazy things to keep myself occupied.
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Back then, one of the things I did was to turn our hallway into an imaginary classroom. I'd buy chalks, and canes, and I'd spend time writing on one part of the wall, and the other part would be the students in my head. I would teach the wall, shout at the wall, and flog the wall. If someone were to walk past our house, he'd think we were like 20 kids inside the house because of how loud I'd be. I did that out of boredom, but it actually helped my school performances, so because of that, my parents didn't scold me too much, as long as I cleaned the walls after writing.
I was the kind of person that whenever boredom hits, the craziest of all imaginations would pop in my head_till date, I'm still that way.
I remember one time, I was so bored that I drilled a hole in my parent's bed. When they found out what I had done, the bed was moved to my room, and it's still in my room till today, as a reminder of my foolishness as a child.
All the things I did out of boredom, the one I regretted most is the one that almost cost me my life. I had filled the bathtub with water, and tried to swim in it. I can't really tell what pushed me to do that, even after all the warnings I got from my parents about the dangers of that bathtub. That day, the devil came. As I was playing in there, my leg mistakenly kicked off the cover the water outlet, and unknowingly to me, the water dried out, and I slipped. It was too late to help myself, and I fell, with my head hitting the tap.
When I opened my eyes, my Mom was crying her eyes out, and we were at the hospital. I later learnt that I was passed out for two days. Everyone said it was a miracle that I survived, and my dad didn't hesitate to get me a nanny.
I regretted that day for a long time, and till now, whenever I think of how much my parents spent at that hospital, I still regret that day. I had made a costly mistake because I was bored. I often wonder maybe if I had a sibling at that time, I wouldn't have been bored that day.
Though till today, I haven't really gotten any better at fighting boredom. I mean, I still get bored even with people around. But now, I try to moderate whatever thought that creeps into my head in times like this. Now, instead of doing crazy things, I watch movies, and sleep. And these my new methods is actually saving me from a lot of trouble.
I don't think anyone can ever stay without getting bored. It's almost like it's a work of nature, but all that matters is how you handle it when it hits.
An idle mind is indeed the devils workshop. Thank goodness you survived that experience otherwise it would have been gruesome.
I'm glad I survived it...being idle is really bad
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