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25 May 2006, 7:50 pm

I definitely spend too much time at home.

Though recently (as part of my attempts to change this), I realized that I really don't know where to go.


Yesterday I just wandered around town, walking about 7 miles. Today, I went about four (would have walked further, but it's hot).


Not knowing where to go is especially bad right now, since I'm away from college at my folk's place for the summer, and the only people I know in town... are my parents. And I have around zero knowledge of anything to do here, other than aimlessly wander around. I guess that there's a coffee shop and a bar, but both of those are expensive (and over 3 miles away).


But the thing that really annoys me is that at home, I don't know what to do other than browse the internet and my hobbies (cartoons/comics/videogames). All of those activities cause headaches and eyestrain.



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26 May 2006, 3:16 am

I spend too much time at home, due to living in cow country and that my friends work second shift for 10-14 hours at a time for 5-7 days a week. This is why I want to move to a city, where I can live like a young 20-something.


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26 May 2006, 11:24 am

i'd say during the last 5 years ive spent 99.9 % of my life indoors. so yes! again theres not really that much to do on your own is there? occasionally i'll go for a walk but i get tired of the same old routes. ive often thought of going out and sitting in a bar but whats the point when you can just get drunk at home anyway. i dont want to put myself through the sheer awkwardness of being alone in a social situation with everyone looking at ya etc.

i have one aquaintance who i see every 2 months. thats all the time he has for a subnormal. wish i had at least one close friend who i could hang out with


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29 May 2006, 11:31 am

I go to work each day, and go shopping, and go to rock band Max Creek shows. Other than that, I'm mostly not just home, but in my bedroom, where I have my computer and my tv/stereo system. (now I'm definitely staying in here, I installed my air conditioner the other day :D )

Even as a kid I mostly stayed home, not many friends, and I spent most of my time in my bedroom even then :cry:


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29 May 2006, 3:16 pm

I do spend a lot of time at home but am out of the house a lot too. But spending too much time at home would simply drive me bananas, especially during the day.

Fortunately I have a lot of things I do to get me out the house. On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings I am involved in church activities and Bible studies. As for Thursdays, I'm considering moving home, and have started spending Thursday evenings looking at properties which is a time when they mostly tend to be open for viewing. Sundays see me at church in the morning and evening, and again looking at properties in the afternoon.

Most evenings are taken care of, but as I say I just cannot stay in during the day. At least not all day. During the day I tend to travel somewhere on the bus. There are a lot of places I can go, being so close to a major city. I especially like visiting the various supermarkets around Edinburgh (or other places that are busy) and having teas or coffees there which is inexpensive.

Plus, it looks like I will be back working next week, so that'll take care of most of my days.



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09 Jun 2006, 4:08 pm

Lately,I have been staying home alot.I used to stay home ALOT more than I do now,though.


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12 Jun 2006, 10:33 am

I wouldn't say I spend too much time at home because it doesn't bother me, but I do spend a great deal of time indoors. I just can't motivate myself to leave unless there is a specific goal or task I'm trying to achieve, such as buying groceries.



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12 Jun 2006, 11:27 am

I go to Disney a lot, but besides that I have little concept of this "real world" that is so often spoken of. I also have to go to school, but that is not by choice nor is it an acurate simulator of life.



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27 Jun 2006, 8:13 am

I used to spend way too much time at home. I'm just breaking out of that pattern, now.



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27 Jun 2006, 10:49 am

Living out in the country doesn't really help that much to get out since there isn't anywhere to go to on foot. I have yet to learn how to drive. The only times I used to get out before were school, but ever since homeschooling near the begining of this year, I pretty much been in the house most of the time, usually alone. For years the Internet has pretty much been my only world, otherwise, I would have pretty much no social contact at all. Even if I wanted to (which sometimes I do), I can't really get out of the house on my own and the only ones who can drive me to places are usually too busy most of the time. Social interactions have mostly been negative for me anyway.


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27 Jun 2006, 5:13 pm

/raises hand
Where else would I go?



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28 Jun 2006, 4:55 am

Yep, I spend way too much time at home, since I don't have a job, am currently paused with college until further notice, and I only have one in-person friend who is almost always too busy to see me. But I did see her the other day, and spent the night, and we also did some shopping and saw a movie with her boyfriend and his friend. I had a great time. I felt so normal but still myself. :) But that night that I was there, I couldn't sleep for so long. I was thinking of something that usually makes me happy but in this case it made me quite heart broken and I found myself crying for a while before I would fall asleep.

The point I am trying to make, and that I realise, is that, whether I'm at home or out, it makes no difference - the main thing that happens is that when I'm occupied, and doing something, I'm having a good time concentrated on that. But when I am alone with my own thoughts, they are negative, lonely, painful thoughts - maybe about friendships, or romance, or career, or lost pet, or wanting to get out of here, or all of the above sometimes.... When I am alone, I think. And I have a negative mind. So, usually I stay at home, because I'm lazy and where do I go, I can watch TV, play videogames, lots of things on the PC and internet to do. But when I go out, I find myself feeling even more alone and sad, because I am alone amoungst society - I can see everyone and their relationships and I feel so sad. So usually I don't go out. But on the otherhand, sometimes I do enjoy going out because I can get some good food, and I can buy things, and I might even find myself talking to the bored clerk in EB games, etc. Sometimes I just need a break from my usual surroundings, so I go shopping. Oh and I'm supposed to be going to the gym, but thats been a huge waste of money for me and I never go....

I really need to improve my life though. If I had more reasons to get out, I would appreciate my home life even more, and I would be enjoying real life instead of trying to ignore it and escape from it at every chance. This is really hard for me to succeed at so far. I'm really lost.



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29 Jun 2006, 11:36 pm

I go in Cycles. There are times when I'm tired of dealing with Social Relationships that I spend too much time at home.

There are also times that my Family Members get on my Nerves and I spend too much time at the Clubhouse, though I still love them.

It really boils down to the state that I'm in.



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30 Jun 2006, 4:03 pm

I'm usually home a lot though I've gotten out sometimes due to my friends who live in my dad's neighborhood, a friend who can drive me places and I'm doing volunteer work.



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04 Jul 2006, 12:32 pm

I go nowhere after school. Theres nothing to do and nowhere to go where I live.