Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

With the dark days of winter ahead for all of us, here’s a way to beat the boredom.  Try doing the things that you normally do but in a different way.  For example: Eat popcorn with chopsticks. Drink water in a champagne glass, a shipping envelope, or lapping it out of a bowl like a dog. Write and draw with your “other” hand. Watch a video with finger goggles. Do a random walk: at each intersection, flip a coin to decide whether to go left or right. Eat a slice of pizza in different ways: fold it over, eat the crust first, eat from the sides, make pizza into different shapes. Bet you can think of a slew of other things to try.  If you come up with really great ideas, email me at drhowardsmith.reports@gmail.com, and I’ll pass them along to everyone. By the way, a study done at Ohio State University shows that these novel ways of doing things are most enjoyable the first time. VidCast: https://youtu.be/ijv5aY8jxr8 #Boredom  #winter  #variety  #wronghand  #popcorn  #walking  #pizza  #radionews