Regardless of your environment, your brain is always around to entertain you. Your imagination can take you on wondrous adventures, or even spark an idea for a new hobby. Never underestimate the power of your imagination, and what you can create with it. A curious mind can easily avoid boredom by simply taking an interest in something new. An easy place to start is to explore and examine your community. You might just discover something you never knew about your town, and it may lead to ideas for new activities. Wonder about the architecture around your town. How was that building designed? Who painted the graffiti down the street? What techniques went into making the clothes in the window? Overthinking the situation is often a big blockade to getting over boredom. Trying to find the "perfect" activity is a sure-fire way to do no activity at all, so stop thinking and do something. Try being spontaneous and divert from your typical habits or thinking patterns. Being spontaneous lends your life an air of surprise that makes everything less boring. Call a friend you haven't spoken with and see if they want to hang out. Put on shoes and go walking, and turn into the cafe you've always wanted to try. It is easy to become bored or restless when standing in line, waiting for a friend, or during other short periods of time when you can't find an activity. Sometimes, distracting yourself by reading a book or using your cell phone is not enough to cure this problem. Meditation is the art of focusing on your thoughts and mind, and enjoying the little things around you instead of feeling restless or bored.

Summary: Use your imagination to transform your environment. Be curious about the world around you by exploring your town. Act spontaneously to break familiar habits or patterns. Practice mindful meditation to avoid becoming bored easily.

Many universities have a more open approach to providing scholarly articles to the general public. You may be able to access scholarly articles through the library's website even if you aren't a current student at that school. Check colleges and universities near you as well. That way it won't be inconvenient if you end up having to go to the library to look at articles you've found online. Even universities that don't have open access to their databases may still have open access to the general public if you use a computer in the library itself. Different libraries will have different databases of scholarly journals and other scholarly publications. Typically these databases cover particular fields or disciplines. Look for a tab that says "research," "online resources," or something similar. Even if the library allows the general public to access the databases, you may have to create a user account. When searching library databases, you'll typically get better results using advanced search options than a plain language search like you would use for a general internet search engine. If you've never used this particular database, familiarize yourself with the search terms. While they'll generally be the same, there may be some differences from one library system to another. Typically you'll also have the option of limiting your results. For example, you may be able to check a box if you want your search to return only peer-reviewed articles. When you submit your search, you'll get back a list of related scholarly articles. Typically the search results will give you the name and author of the article along with publication information. In an open-access library, you can click on the title of an article to read the full text of the article. In other libraries, clicking on the title may lead you only to an abstract. If you think the article would be helpful for your project based on the abstract, you typically can access the full text by going to the library.

Summary: Go to a university library website. Access electronic databases. Enter your search terms. Retrieve your results.

Start with one rope in each hand (as you would in the method above) and fold the left-hand rope on top of itself to make a good-sized loop. This method will make a knot that's identical to the one in the method above. As above, you can make a loop with the right-hand rope and reverse the directions to get the same knot.

Summary: Double up the left-hand rope to make a loop.

Many Japanese rice brands suggest rinsing the rice out, but it is completely optional. Depending how many cups of rice you are making, add a half cup more of water. Make sure that they stand upright, so the bottom of them is down. This will balance out the yolks and be the ideal finish if you are making deviled eggs. It's important not to lift the lid on during the cooking process, or else all of the steam will escape. Push down the rice cooker button and allow the rice to completely cook.
Summary: Prepare your rice. Fill the rice cooker with water. Add the eggs onto the rice grains. Cover the cooker with a lid. Cook the eggs and rice.