How to Overcome Boredom During the Holidays
Play board games., Play mentally stimulating games., Play card games., Play mind games.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Play board games.
There are likely to be board games in the family home or at your friend's house.
You can stick to the tried and true ones like Monopoly, Clue, or Snakes and Ladders.
Or you can get more deeply involved in role playing or strategy games, like Agricola, Carcassonne, Puerto Rico or Settlers of Catan.
Some of the more famous board games are now available for playing on the iPad.
This can be useful if you can't find the real board game at home––simply download the game (such as Monopoly), place the iPad down on a table you can all sit around and begin to play.
You can pause for breaks and even come back another day, all without losing your places! -
Step 2: Play mentally stimulating games.
Games like Pente, Blokus, chess and Quoridor will have you thinking strategy and pitting your wits against your opponent.
You won't have time to notice boredom anymore. , There are many card games, from solitaire, poker and Bohnanza, Tichu or Pit. , No, not the sort in which you wind up Aunt Matilda until she finally explodes.
Rather, this is the sort of mind games mentalists engage in.
For example:
Observe the people around you and try to work out what they're thinking and what sort of holiday experience they're having.
Can you read their emotions from their body language alone? Cold read.
Choose someone as bored as you and offer to read their mind.
Of course, you'll need to focus on something you don't know about the other person, so a friend you haven't seen for a while or a more distant relative might be better choices than someone close.
Make someone say something without realizing you're manipulating them.
For example, see How to make someone say carrot by way of example. -
Step 3: Play card games.
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Step 4: Play mind games.
Detailed Guide
There are likely to be board games in the family home or at your friend's house.
You can stick to the tried and true ones like Monopoly, Clue, or Snakes and Ladders.
Or you can get more deeply involved in role playing or strategy games, like Agricola, Carcassonne, Puerto Rico or Settlers of Catan.
Some of the more famous board games are now available for playing on the iPad.
This can be useful if you can't find the real board game at home––simply download the game (such as Monopoly), place the iPad down on a table you can all sit around and begin to play.
You can pause for breaks and even come back another day, all without losing your places!
Games like Pente, Blokus, chess and Quoridor will have you thinking strategy and pitting your wits against your opponent.
You won't have time to notice boredom anymore. , There are many card games, from solitaire, poker and Bohnanza, Tichu or Pit. , No, not the sort in which you wind up Aunt Matilda until she finally explodes.
Rather, this is the sort of mind games mentalists engage in.
For example:
Observe the people around you and try to work out what they're thinking and what sort of holiday experience they're having.
Can you read their emotions from their body language alone? Cold read.
Choose someone as bored as you and offer to read their mind.
Of course, you'll need to focus on something you don't know about the other person, so a friend you haven't seen for a while or a more distant relative might be better choices than someone close.
Make someone say something without realizing you're manipulating them.
For example, see How to make someone say carrot by way of example.
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