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| JANUARY 21, 2021 |
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Fighting Boredom
– MEDICAL CLINIC, P.C. –
Are we bored yet? Of
course we are. We’re stay-
ing indoors, especially
now that cold weather has
arrived, not shopping, not
visiting friends, not doing
much of anything. Some-
how we have to get through
this winter, though, and
now might be the time to
explore things that are new
and different to us. Here are
some ideas:
Change the channel. If
you watch the same tele-
vision news every night,
switch to a different one (or
better yet, skip a night or
two). If you watch the same
shows all the time, consider
watching something dif-
ferent, even if you think it
won’t appeal to you.
Step
outside.
Even
though it’s cold outside,
wrap up and go outdoors
anyway. Don’t try this if
there’s ice, of course, but
even a few minutes spent
walking around outside
in fresh air can raise your
spirits.
Grab your camera. Set
up still shots around your
house. A fabric background
on a table or shelf, a few
small statues or trinkets
(especially ones from trips
you’ve taken) and a lamp
for lighting, and you might
discover that you have a
real eye for photography.
Or read a new author,
learn to watercolor, take a
free online course, watch
zoo cams...
The idea is to try new
things, even given our “stay
at home” limitations.
As of this writing, most
states are seeing big increas-
es in coronavirus levels,
even states that were stable
with relatively low rates
even a few weeks ago. We
seniors are, unfortunately,
in the high-risk group be-
cause of our age, even if we
don’t have health concerns.
And as of this writing,
the U.S. has more active
cases of the coronavirus
than any other country in
the world, including India.
It has four times the pop-
ulation but half the deaths
that we do. It’s everywhere,
and we can’t let down our
guard.
Stay home, stay safe and
look for new things to oc-
cupy yourself.
Art: Unlocking Your Creativity
Creating art can be emo-
tionally healing and freeing.
Who among us can’t use
a little of that nowadays?
Once you get started, you’ll
wonder why you didn’t be-
gin sooner.
Here are some ideas:
Collage Wish Board: Col-
lect pictures of things you
miss and hope to have or do
again. You’ll need a poster
board, school glue, scissors
and magazines (or print out
pictures you find online). If
you hope to travel, gather
travel magazines and snip
out pictures of places you
want to go once the ban
on travel disappears. Par-
is? Add the Eiffel Tower.
London? Add Buckingham
Palace.
If you plan a garden for
next summer, collect gar-
dening magazines or look
for pictures on seed catalog
sites. Add in a small plan
of your garden. A collage
wish board can be made for
nearly any interest and top-
ic. (Mine is a mixture of all
the things that didn’t hap-
pen this year: the annual
music festival, square dance is more to your liking,
classes and monthly muse- search online for “craft kits
um exhibits.)
for adults” and see what ap-
peals to you. Stained glass
Coloring: There’s some- window art, jewelry-mak-
thing very relaxing about ing, macrame, birdhouse
taking a handful of fine- kit, origami, wind chimes,
point markers and filling mosaics, oil painting or wa-
in the designs on a page in tercolor ... the kits are end-
front of us. Search for “adult less. Look at the website for
coloring books” online and your local hobby and craft
print out the free pages. store. Chances are they
The topics are endless. (I’m have curbside pickup. (I’m
a fan of the Celtic knots and in the middle of a 1:250
mandalas.)
scale model of Notre Dame
Cathedral.)
Crafts: If creating things
Have fun!
Ordering Your Free Credit Reports
For years we’ve been able
to get one free credit report
per year from each of the
three credit bureaus. Right
now, we’re able to get a free
one each week until the
middle of April.
Why? Their generosity
is likely due to the astro-
nomical number of scams
coming out of the COVID
crisis. The number of un-
employed crooks has surely
gone up, making your good
credit too enticing to pass
up.
This is one time when
constantly monitoring our
credit is a good idea. Be-
sides ordering your credit
reports, one additional big
step is to freeze your ac-
count, making it impossible
for someone to apply for
credit in your name.
All three credit bureaus
(TransUnion, Equifax and
Experian) can be accessed
in the government clearing-
house website www.annu-
alcreditreport.com ... the-
oretically, that is. In 2015,
2017 and today, I was only
able to access TransUnion.
For the other two I had to
go to the individual web-
site. One I had to call, as the
website was down.
If you decide to order
your credit reports by
phone, allot several hours
to the task and turn down
any background noise so
you’ll be able to hear clearly.
Go to www.usa.gov/cred-
it-reports to learn more
about credit reports, scores,
freezes and errors.
If you want to try to get
all three reports at once,
call 1-877-322-8228 at the
Annual Credit Report loca-
tion. The others are:
Equifax: 1-888-548-7878
or 1-800-685-1111; equifax.
com.
Experian:
1-888-397-
3742; experian.com.
TransUnion: 1-800-916-
8800 or 888-909-8872;
transunion.com.
Once you get your re-
port, either online or in
the mail, study it careful-
ly. Look for accounts that
you never opened and the
names of people you don’t
know. Be sure all the in-
formation is correct. If you
need to file a complaint, go
to ftc.gov/complaint or call
1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-
382-4357).
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