How To Stop Boredom At Work

Obviously The Gentleman’s Journal team are never bored at work. Not even at 5pm on a Friday. But, we know that we’re lucky in that way and that for the rest of the working world there are of course moments throughout the day when concentration dips and boredom kicks in. Luckily, there are a million and one sites on the internet that offer truly helpful and mind-enhancing ways to fill such boredom. As finding such lists can indeed induce boredom itself, we thought we’d do the hard work for you and show you some of our favourite ways to fill bordeom at work, from the best, the worst and the just plain ridiculous…

THE BEST

Get ahead with work to make the rest of your week less stressful

Do some exercise – go for a quick run, hit the gym or even just a walk around the block

Network – Got an hour to kill? Organise a meeting and get networking

Plan – sort out your diary, tidy your desk, anything that could de-clutter your life and fill some time basically

Make lists – life goals, aspirations, things to get done by the end of the day…

Volunteer – Instead of sitting twiddling your thumbs, why not offer to help out a friend or colleague and relieve their work load a little

Tidy – De-clutter your workspace/inbox for a clearer mind

Music – your favourite song is ensured to get you back in a productive mood

THE WORST

Dip into the petty cash supply

Make a bow and arrow out of a rubber band and a pen

Make pictures with post-it notes

Make animals with any kind of office material (ie: paper clips, bull-dog clips, anything you can see within an arms reach)

Prank your colleagues (actually this should really be in the top section, but for the sake of looking like sensible gentlemen of the office we’ll leave it here)

Sleep (some employees actually encourage this…you are the lucky ones!

Chair wars with colleagues (if you have to ask you don’t know)

THE RIDICULOUS (LY STUPID and actually incredibly humorous things that we found on the web)

Eat a pomegranate; count the seeds

Syphon gas from other employees cars

Pretend that you are in a race car; make the cool noises too

Create a gravity defying construction

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