Chasing Yarn

“There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.” --Viggo Mortensen

“If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.” --Lou Holtz

“When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.” --Stephen Wright

I have often marveled at the ability of felines to enjoy the simple pleasure of hunting inoquious things like feathers and yarn. Even in stress-filled times, such as at animal shelters (I volenteer sometimes) I could wave a feather on the end of a long piece of string and have the rapt attention of 10 some odd very unhappy cats ready to play.

I think this is what I do in the game an awful lot. Chasing Yarn.. I do not accept "nobody will invite.." or "you cannot do this..." I simply find something to do and do it.

When I decided to level Samurai, I decided to take my NPC (Raka) out and see what I could accomplish. It was amazing to me how I could take on Decient Challenges, Even Matches and even Toughs with just myself and my companion. It was funny enough that I got more xp on those trips than I did on my parties in the dunes or in Qufim Island.

So whats my idea for keeping from being board?

Friends: I'm always chatting with my friends.. just ask them.. they're always getting barraged by me. Good friends are always a gem, and often have things they want to do.

Goals: Make goals for yourself, no matter what it might be. I never thought I could ever save up enough gil to buy a scorpion harness, but I set my goal and worked at it. In the mean time, I had plenty to do and never was at a loss for things to do.

Help: Find people who might need things to be done. Not only will you help someone else have more fun at the game, it will give you something more to do.

Meyaouing: I don't know why, but I always feel better for just meyaouing. Constantly.

Go. There are lots of yarn to chase.