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

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 pickup to help in your job search? Have you wondered how to pass the time and amuse yourself, when you cant use your cell phone, read, or listen to music?

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.

The chapters include these topics:
Ways to relax Enjoy yourself and be happy Work out any problems and challenges Exercise your imagination Go on eating adventures How to see and perceive more Increase your creativity Experience some fun games Experiment with brain building exercises Play some guessing games Discover your psychic abilities Make plans for the future Improve your memory Decide what to do about something Practice and improve your skills in your mind Listen and enjoy what you listen to more Create your own experiences And much, much more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Sep 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781475906370

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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CHAPTER 1: RELAX

• Meditate. Just chant the word om aloud or to yourself, focus on a word or sound, experience the stillness of the world around you, or engage in your favorite type of meditation. Just let your mind go, while keeping your eyes open as you relax but stay alert. If someone is in the car with you, you can do this together.

• See how long you can say a sound like om as you breathe out. Try experimenting with different sounds, like weeee… ahhhhh… oooooh…. heeee ….. yuuuuuu.

• As you chant or say sounds, notice what images or colors come to mind. Try playing with those images as you chant or say sounds, such as watching the words or images expand as you chant more loudly or watching them vibrate more slowly or quickly as your chants are slower or faster.

• Think of your favorite place to relax, like on a sunny beach, on a mountain top, or a river, and imagine yourself there.

• Give yourself a massage with your free hand as you drive on a long straight away, when you can comfortably drive with one hand. Or use both hands if you are a passenger. You can massage your face, neck, arms, and legs.

• Exercise your neck and other limbs through doing limited stretching, while you are seated behind the wheel or in a chair. For example, move your neck left and right, up and down, and repeat these movements, always coming back to the center. Stretch your right arm up and down several times, while your left hand is on the wheel or resting on your lap; then reverse, so you stretch your left arm in the same