Never Bored (Fun 101)
Fun 101
A Checklist for The Person who is "Never Bored”
Airport, watch people & planes
Alpine slide
All Terrain Vehicles (rent & ride)
Antique shows
Antique stores
Aquarium
Archery
Aerial Tram
Art shows
Artsy film theater
Astronomy
Auctions
Backpacking
Backstreet theater events
Badminton
Bake chocolate chip cookies
Balance beam
Ballet
Bar
Baseball
Basketball
Beach
Beer, go out for a
Bicycling
Bicycling, tandem
Bike path
Billiards
Bingo
Bird watching
Blow bubbles
Blow monster bubbles
Board games (dictionary, pictionary®, trivial pursuit® etc.)
Boat, motor
Boat, speed
Boat, row
Boat, yacht
Bobsledding
Body surfing
Bolo board
Bookstore, roaming
Boomerang
Bowling
Boxing match
Brew some tea and relax
Broomball
Bumper boats
Bumper cars
Butterfly museum
Buy a "for no reason" surprise gift
Buy a new CD
Buy gift certificates for homeless and carry in car
Cafe vocal guitarist
Cafe live band
Call someone out of the blue
Call someone who makes you laugh
Call someone and make them laugh
Call someone and encourage them
Call someone and let them know they are not alone
Call your parents
Campfire
Camping
Candlelight baths
Candlelight dancing in the front room
Candlelight dinner, indoors
Candlelight dinner, outdoors
Canoeing
Cards
Card shopping for friends & family at the Hallmark® store
Chair lift hiking (summer)
Chair lift mountain biking (summer)
Checkers
Chess
Cinnabon® cinnamon rolls, go out for
Classic movies
Climb a tree
Cloudwatching
Coffee shop
Comedy club
Computer games
Conference
Concerts
Country club
Cricket
Croquet
Cruise Main Street
Cruise, plan a
Cutting wood
Dairy, go to a
Dance lessons
Dancers
Dancing
Day hike
Daydream
Dessert, go out for
Devise a prank
Dice games
Dictionary
Dinner out somewhere unique
Dinner theatre
Dirtbike riding
Discuss politics, religion or sex
Do something you've wanted to do for a long time
Doctor, play
Dogsled rides
Dominos, set up in a long curvy line and knock down
Doorbell ditch
Dress up and go out
Drinks, go out for
Drink wine
Drive in the country
Drive-in movies
Dune buggy
E-mail someone for fun
Exercise
Experimental cooking
Factory tours, chocolate, tea, cement, ice cream etc.
Fashion show
Fencing
Find a pretty place and sit
Find your PIN and change it
Fireworks, shoot off some fancy
Fishing, boat
Fishing, ice
Fishing, lake
Fishing, stream
Fix a long-standing problem
Flea market
Float on a raft, pool or lake
Florist, scent tour
Flower & butterfly identification, field
Flying
Football
Football, flag
Foreplay
Foreign film theater
Formulate an opinion on a waffling issue
Fort, build one in front room with tables, chairs and blankets
Four-wheel driving
Frisbee
Furniture shop (dream)
Gambling (caution noted)
Games on kids shelves (twister, matchbox car track, marble track)
Game show
Garage sales
Get away
Get book on "toasts" (memorize some)
Ghost town
Giant slide
Girlwatch/boywatch
Gliding
Go to an evening high school football, basketball, baseball game
Go for a walk
Go swinging
Go to the park
Go-carts
Gold panning
Gold mine tour
Golf
Gondola ride (water)
Gondola ride (ski area) to Dinner
Grocery store to look at stuff on top shelves
Gym
Gymnastic competitions
Hall of fame
Hammock, lay in
Handball
Hangliding
Hangliding, watch
Hardware store
Haunted house (no trespassing!)
Hay ride
Health club
Heliskiing
Hide & seek
Hide some money in your kids bedrooms that they will find someday
High school sports events
Hike alone
Hiking
Hiking, night
Hockey, street broom
Honesty hour with yourself where you are boldly and freely honest with yourself without hiding or fear of judgment
Horse, Dog, Car races
Horse drawn carriage ride
Horse riding
Horse riding on beach
Horseshoes
Hot air balloon ride
Hot springs
Houseboat
Hunting
Ice sailing
Ice cream
Ice cream soda
Ice Hockey
Ice skating
Internet comedians
Internet long-time awaited item purchasing (caution advised)
Internet search
Internet videos of live concerts
Invite some friends over for movie night with popcorn and drinks in cool glasses
Invite someone out for coffee
Invite someone out for pie
Jacuzzi®
Jai alai
Jetskiing
Jogging, indoors
Jogging, outdoors
Kayaking
Kite flying
Laser light shows
Lawn bowling
Lawn chair, lounge chair outdoors/indoors
Lawn chairs in open garage for thunderstorm
Lay in the sun for a few minutes
Lay on the couch and philosophize
Learn a new song on your instrument
Learn orienteering
Learn to paint in the mountains
Lectures
Library
Limousine
Lingerie, buy for spouse
Listen to new music at store
Listen to someone until see through their eyes
Llama packing
Look at entertainment section of newspaper
Look at grade school photos
Look at homes
Look at photo albums
Look at slides on projector
Look at yearbooks
Look at your grade school art
Look for land
Looking for shells
Magic tricks, learn
Magician
Make something you've wanted to make for a long time
Make something to eat that’s a flavor you loved from childhood
Make ice cream
Make ice cream out of snow
Make love
Mall
Malt, go out for a
Mammal tracking with book
Martial Art, learn a
Massage
Meditate
Members only private lounges at airport
Memorize some Shakespeare
Memorize some Beethoven
Milk a cow
Mini-Golf
Mixed drinks (try new)
Model rockets
Monastery
Moonlit walk
Mountain climbing
Mountain bike
Movies
Museum, Art
Museum, History
Museum, Children’s
Museum, Local
Museum, Sculpture
Museum, Special exhibit
Museum, Train
Nap, take a
National Historic site
National Park
Observatory
Onion rings, go out for
Opera
Order Chinese in (eat with chopsticks)
Paddleboat
Palm reader
Parachute, fluff it up and jump on it
Parasailing
Photography
Pick berries
Pick orchard fruit
Pick pinion nuts
Picnic
Picnic at lake
Pie, go out for
Pinball
Ping pong
Plan a vacation
Plan a surprise vacation
Planetarium
Plant seeds
Plant flowers
Play catch
Playground, go to
Play guitars & sing
Play guitars together
Play piano & sing
Play your instrument
Plays, school or community
Polo match
Pool, go to the
Practice batting
Pray, go to church and
Rally, go to a
Racquetball
Read a novel
Read inspiring chapters to each other
Read lyrics from a CD
Read stories to each other
Read out in the woods
Read poetry to each other
Read to each other
Recitals
Recreation center
Remote controlled boats, watch
Remote controlled planes & helicopters, watch
Rent a cabin in the mountains
Resort hopping
Retreat
River exploring
River tubing
River walking, wading
River, whitewater rafting
Road exploring
Roasting Marshmallows, indoors
Roasting Marshmallows, outdoors
Rock climbing
Rock climbing, indoors
Rock skipping
Roller skating
Rollerblading
Rope swing
Rope swing, build a
Rugby
Safari
Sailboat races
Sailing
Sauna
Say “thank you” to someone that you have meant to say “thank you”
Say something that you have appreciated about someone to them out of the blue
Science show
Scuba diving
Search the Web
Seminars
Sew on a missing button while listening to music
Sew something
Shooting range, pistol
Shooting range, rifle
Shopping
Shopping for birthday gifts & Christmas/Holiday presents
Showboat
Show slides of your vacation to friends with theme dinner
Shuffleboard
Sidewalk chalk art
Sightseeing, car
Sightseeing, motorcycle
Sit alone and think
Sit alone and reflect
Sit in nature
Skeet shooting
Skiing, Cross-country
Skiing, Downhill
Skiing, telemark
Skimboarding
Sky diving
Sleigh ride
Snorkel, indoors dive for coins
Snorkel, outdoors
Snorkeling
Snow cave making
Snow fort, build a
Snow sledding
Snow tubing
Snowblading
Snowboarding
Snow cat tour tour to powder skiing
Snowman, build a
Snowmobiling
Snowshoeing
Soccer
Softball
Solve a long-standing irritation
Solve a long-standing problem
Sort though a pernicious pile and free yourself of its tyrrany
Spelunking
Splurge for once for Pete's sake
Sport Dining
Sport sleeping (under the stars)
Squash
Stagecoach ride
Stargazing, telescope
Start your garden
Stationary bikes
Stickball
Study in the woods
Sunrise walk
Sunset walk
Sunrise walk on beach
Sunset walk on beach
Suntanning
Surfing
Swimming hole
Swimming, ocean
Swimming, pool
Symphony
Symposium
Take a pie to someone
Take your child out on a special trip just to buy them a CD
Take spouse out to buy new dress/tie
Take spouse out for their favorite dinner
Talk out loud with yourself on a problem where you are stuck (best to do this exercise alone)
Tell someone you love them
Tell someone you love them (before its too late)
T-ball
T.V. Specials
Tennis
Tennis tournaments
Theater
Theme or amusement park
Throw a Polynesian party
Thumb wrestling
Tick-tack-toe
Tickling
Toilet paper someone’s house or car
Train ride
Train station visit
Train show
Travel & Bride magazines looking for exclusive travel ideas
Treehouse. build a
Try out for a community play
Try new perfumes
Video games
Visit buffalo, llama or horse ranch
Visit different churches, discuss
Visit scrap metal magnet yard
Visit the elderly
Visit or call the person the makes you laugh the hardest
Volleyball, indoors/outdoors
Walk along a boardwalk
Walk at golf course in evening
Walk around a lake
Walk downtown (if safe)
Wallyball
Watch a thought-provoking movie
Watch planes fly overhead and land
Watch military jets take off and land
Watch a sunrise
Watch a sunset
Watch the full moon rise
Water balloon & hose fight
Water park
Water slide
Waterskiing
Weightlifting
Wedding
Whiffleball
Wildlife viewing or photography
Wild West town
Window shop (after hours)
Windsurfing
Wrestling
Write a thank you note to your children's teacher
Write a short allegorical cultural myth
Write an overdue letter
Write down a wish
Write your Congressperson on an issue that incites you
Your Church
Zoo
ANNUAL EVENTS
Fourth of July Fireworks
Rodeo
Fair
Parades
Circus
Mardi Gras parties
Earth Day rally
Olympics
Renaissance festival
Air shows (Blue Angels)
Hot air balloon shows
Equestrian jumping show
Boat show
Car show
Livestock show
Home improvement show
Scottish highland games
Harlem Globe Trotters
Carve pumpkins
Halloween costume party
Halloween haunted house
Disney on Ice
Ice Capades
Dog sled races
Skiing championship races
Ice skating championships
Decorate gingerbread houses
Cutting Christmas tree
Christmas lights drive
Go sit on Santa’s lap
Photo by Glenn Carstens Peters