Does anyone else get bored with things easily? I need constant change.

YES. I wish I had enough space to rearrange my room, but I don’t. I also like to change my surroundings as much as possible. I grew up in northeast Ohio, go to school in West Virginia, did my internship outside Philadelphia, and I’m applying for grad school in St. Louis. I wish I could afford to travel more too. I like being in new places.
And I don’t think it’s unhealthy, but I can safely assume anyone who I’d want a serious relationship with will have to be the same way because this behavior would be a bitch to deal with for some one who doesn’t like constant change.

Amen. I’m even getting bored with Portland. The (WTF) part of my brain is telling me to move to Ohio.

I get bored and move on frequ

Actually, the desire for change has sparked many an idea for great inventors in history, so I guess it is healthy in a way.

@johnpowell When you say “things” I totally agree. Materialism always makes me want more. However the beauty of nature or the love of family never gets boring. I think you just might need to change your perspective. That always helps for me.

@Ailia :: “Things” was meant as a situation and not material possessions.

I don’t buy stuff unless I really need it it. Like food and soap. All my shit can fit in the back of a Volvo.

Yes! I am constantly changing my hair color, clothing “style”, moving to new apartments/houses, getting rid of old friends and gaining new ones, rearranging my place, painting the walls different colors every few months, etc. I wouldn’t classify it as unhealthy. I see change as being a good thing, a catharsis, in a sense. I seek a new spin on life.

Why would you want to go to Ohio?! I love this place (Portland).

I am the opposite. I am adverse to change, and sometimes this can be a very negative thing. I think that maybe for once I need to completely uproot myself and have a fresh start, I have no doubt it would be healthy, but I’m just so afraid to do it.

Oh I used to (and still do but ‘stuff’ prevents me…) LOVE changing my room around as a kid… I used to do every other week… I’d always find new ways of rearranging things… I currently want to move my bedroom around and have wanted to for months but I have a double bed and there’s not much room so… grrr.. anyway..going off topic…

I think this is perhaps why I’m very discontented at the moment because life seems quite boring and static and I do like change but there is a lot of fear in my life which prevents me from changing… I’m currently trying to unblock some stuff though so maybe change will come when I’m ready….

I think change does innately require finance to help it along though, which is another problem… I like changing my hair but can’t afford to do it, I like new clothes but can’t afford them, Some things also involve time and courage and energy…which is thin on the ground at the moment in my case but YES I do and thank you for pointing it for me… I’m might really make a start on the room thing.. even if it’s just baby steps…something can always be done right?

I’m exactly the same, I move around my stuff all the time, I change from coffee to tea to water every few weeks, I have a new favorite outfit every 2 weeks, I can focus all my attention on a project and completely start over from scratch the next moment, one week I love you and the next I hate you, and if I had money to spend I would live in a different place every year.

It’s not unhealthy, BUT I do believe I make these small changes because I’m easily able to, because the bigger chances my life requires are not as easily obtainable. In a way I’m fooling myself or coping with the situation by constantly satisfying my need for change with smaller bits at a time instead of making the big step. maybe I’m subconsciously reminding myself I’m still in control, if that makes any sense.

I love some changes, I can’t wait to move to a new area. I love to buy “handyman special” houses, fix em up and move on. I especially like new techy toys, play with them for a while, then sell them and try the next model. I will never be rich but I will always have fun.

O yeah. My favourite is having crazy schedules- the type that has no consistency at all. It doesn’t bother me a bit if a few days of the week I get no sleep, it is refreshing to meet a day that starts out like no other…

I’m bored with this thread…I’m outta here

I can totally relate to this question. I have never created a painting that I thought was any good a month after painting it. (I can’t hang my work in my home or i get annoyed and want to “fix it” every time I see it.)

I do not know about anyone else but I daydream about just walking away from my home and just taking the basic supplies I need to keep my business going.
Sometimes I just want to shake it up a little. I need a vacation damnit.

I’m completely the opposite! Routine is where I strive. It’s all about incremental change. A little adventure is always fun, but in the end—once I find something that works it stays there until I decide I need an alternative. This year I moved in, set up my furniture and was happy. In two months I saw a problem with it, re-arranged it and now it’s going to stay until another problem comes up.

I do, but what usually happens is that I try or do something new, get excited about it, roll through the possibilities in my head, and then stumble upon a reason why I would get bored. So the physical effort expended is minimal.

@johnpowell Well when you put it that way then I totally agree. Not only that but I think its unhealthy if we don’t have a little change every now and then. Becoming bored with a webpage or with your room is normal and I do not think it is unhealthy at all. Rooms and webpages are meant to be changed and redone so don’t stress about the small stuff. Change is good.

Yes. But as I have aged, I have realized it’s not so much about being bored as not being satisfied with who I am.

One year I moved 7 times. There has been so little constant in my life that I sometimes feel like I have no core, no essential self.

No matter your location, your career, your hair color or where your bed is, you are you, and you cannot get away from it.

Hi Ryan!

My son does this, but then he is extremely ADD. With him the problem is not the changes he makes, but that he never finishes what he starts.

Change is not bad as long as you finish it up so whatever it is is back to usability.

Yes. There are a few exceptions like listening to my favorite types of music.

Mmmmm, Ohio.

I think @johnpowell already already got bored with this question. ;)

im glad i found a thread on this, i am like this, i always need to change my car, no matter if it took me years to buy the camaro i wanted, 2 months later i was selling it for something else trading this trading that cars motorcycles quads all that, i just recently moved i change friends alot and girlfriends too, the only thing i fear in the berginning of thisd relationship was getting bored, and nowwe are a year in and its here, the boredom the wanting for someone new, but the sad thing is i think this girl is the one. what do i do, i want to stay with her. help!...(ps.) the only thing i found and kept, was my 5th bike, ive had it for 3 years now, although i took it apart and worked on it, its still the same bike) help!