Things to Do When You’re On a Long Trip, Waiting Around, or Just Plain Bored
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Fun things to do while traveling, waiting around, between jobs or have time on your hands -- on your own or with others, from using your imagination to mental exercises and light physical activities.
Gini Graham Scott
Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., CEO of Changemakers Publishing and Writing, is an internationally known writer, speaker, and workshop leader. She has published over 50 books with major publishers on various topics and has written over 3 dozen children's books. Her published children's books include Katy's Bow, Scratches, The Crazy Critters First Visit, and Where's the Avocado? published by Black Rose Writing. She has published 8 children's books through her company Changemakers Kids and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She does workshops on self-publishing and creativity. She also helps clients write books as a ghostwriter and self-publish or find publishers and agents. Her websites are www.changemakerspublishgandwriting.com and www.ginigrahamscott.com.
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Things to Do When You’re On a Long Trip, Waiting Around, or Just Plain Bored - Gini Graham Scott
Things to Do When You’re On a Long Trip, Waiting Around,
or Just Plain Bored
Ways to Enjoy Your Travel or Waiting Time More…As Well As Stimulate Your Mind
by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.
Author of Enjoy! 101 Little Things to Add Fun to Your Work Everyday and Want It, See It, Get It!: Visualize Your Way to Success
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Copyright 2011 Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: RELAX
CHAPTER 2: BE HAPPY
CHAPTER 3: WORK IT OUT
CHAPTER 4: IMAGINE IT
CHAPTER 5: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
CHAPTER 6: SEE IT
CHAPTER 7: BE CREATIVE
CHAPTER 8: IT’S A GAME
CHAPTER 9: SAY WHAT?
CHAPTER 10: BUILD YOUR BRAIN
CHAPTER 11: GUESS WHAT?
CHAPTER 12: MAKING PLANS
CHAPTER 13: REMEMBER THIS
CHAPTER 14: DECISIONS, DECISIONS
CHAPTER 15: PLAYING FAVORITES
CHAPTER 16: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
CHAPTER 17: SOUND OFF
CHAPTER 18: MENTAL TRIPPING
CHAPTER 19: LEARN A LITTLE
CHAPTER 20: KEEP ON TRIPPING
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gini Graham Scott has written a series of books on enjoying your work and leisure, including: Enjoy! 101 Little Things to Do to Add Fun to Your Work Everyday, The Creative Traveler, and Fantasy Worlds, as well as three books on using your powers of visualization, imagination, and creativity: The Empowered Mind, How to Harness the Creative Force Within You; Mind Power: Picture Your Way to Success; and Want It, See It, Get It!. Also, she has written several humor books, most notably Do You Look Like Your Dog? and I Want to Be a Sturgeon – and Other Wrong Things that Kids Write.
Aside from these books, she has published over 50 books on various topics, and has gained extensive media interest for previous books, including appearances on Good Morning America, Oprah, Montel Williams, CNN, and hundreds of radio interviews.
She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, and MAs in Anthropology, Mass Communications and Organizational/Consumer/Audience Behavior, and Popular Culture and Lifestyles at Cal State East Bay. She is now getting an M.S. there in Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality.
INTRODUCTION
Have you gone on a long trip where you have gotten bored while traveling or waiting in an airport or bus or train station? Do you need a quick pick up to help in your job search? Have you wondered how to pass the time and amuse yourself, when you can’t use your cell phone, laptop, or read, or listen to music?
Well, this little book -- THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU ARE ON A LONG TRIP, WAITING AROUND, OR JUST PLAIN BORED – is the perfect antidote. It features a variety of fun and creative things you can do in your imagination or by being more perceptive, speaking, or interacting with others. Activities range from interesting things to think about and imagine to mind games to enjoy with yourself and others, and more.
I got the idea for this book while commuting back and forth between Oakland and L.A., since I own a house in Oakland and for two years had an office/apartment in Santa Monica to help me break into the film industry, while also pursuing a career writing books, speaking, and consulting on work relationships. From August 2007 to August 2009, I spent 2-3 weeks a month in each place and drove for about seven hours each way.
While I started out listening to the radio and occasional tapes, I sometimes found myself getting bored and restless. Using a cell phone to have a conversation was distracting and is now illegal unless you use a headphone or Bluetooth.
Thus, as I drove, I began thinking of things to do to make the time go faster and came up with all kinds of ideas. As a result, instead of a slog, these trips turned out to be both relaxing and stimulating excursions which I looked forward to. The long drive became like another vacation trip.
As I tried out different ways of staying alert and amusing myself, I began to write these ideas down or say them aloud into a cassette-recorder. The result was hundreds of different activities that range from building your brain power, charging up your memory, and thinking of how to be more successful at work to just having fun. You can even play mental games and safely