Does anyone else get bored easily?

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I used to get bored easily, when I was younger. I remember spending a lot of time in my room trying to figure out how to “make time go by faster”. Sometimes, I would open up the “Book of Lists” or the “Guinness Book of World Records” or the “Making of Star Trek” and repeatedly study useless information. Other times, I would simply watch TV. Still other times, I would just play games by myself -- anything from solitaire – to poker – to backgammon. Eventually, I learned how to entertain myself (without needing others).

As an adult, I am rarely bored. I try to keep myself busy with thinking activities (such as those related to work). I also like to write in my journal and visit WP. I also have my regular routines, shopping, yard work, etc. – which for some reason – I don’t consider boring. They feel like a necessity.

Probably the only time I really am bored is:
- When I am at work and having nothing to do. Which thankfully does not happen often.
- When I am at an event where socializing is expected and I don’t have anything to say (which happens frequently) or I am uninterested in listening to others (which happens often). But, I am not certain if boredom is the correct term. Rather, the prevailing thought is escape.

I know that feeling, I keep walking or even running around the house, lie down on my bed and get out of my bed instantly.
Sometimes I'm not even bored and actually have a lot to do but I just don't feel motivated to do it so I get in a bored mood.

I do and think it's an aspie trait. We need a challenge all the time, or a special interest. When an aspie gets bored, he/she can get depressed and frustrated and restless and whatnot, while nts just shrug it off.

As a teen I wished for danger because I was so bored. Aspies can go crazy over boredom which nts think is just a part of life, and some might even welcome it.

that's why I liked walking for hours and hours on end, real fast, when I was young and still had the energy. I loved the challenge and the total exhaustion that followed.

That's my definition of boredom - being forced to endure something you have no interest in.

Otherwise, my mind is always racing, I can literally stand in one place and stim all day while my brain bounces from one idea to another - unfortunately, if I'm left idle too long, my mind will run to paranoia, worry, depression and anxiety, so it's best if I find things to do that occupy my mind and my hands, even if that's just reading a book or drawing. Surfing online can keep me occupied for hours, but it doesn't do much to quell the anxiety, since there are so many obnoxious, argumentative, insulting trolls to deal with.

I get bored and impatient easily if I have to sit without something to read. For example, waiting in line or sitting in a restaurant after the meal is over. Some people love to linger and have conversation at the end of a meal, and I find that incredibily monotonous