What do you do in your spare time?

What do 13 year old boys do on their spare time?

• I'm 13. I live in Canada, and I'm a guy. I do very well in school, but I don't really know what to do on my spare time. I'm not one of those "popular" people, as I think they are total idiots. I have a few "friends" at school, who have some similarities to me, but to be honest, I don't really like them either. I'm more mature than like, everybody my age at my school. People often ask me what I do on my spare time. I usually just answer, "Whatever I feel like doing," because really, I am asking myself the same question. I spend so many hours just sitting on the computer, not really doing much. I'm not into the whole video game thing either. I don't see what is amusing in running around killing people on your TV screen. So what should I do on my spare time? You might say hang out with friends, but what do you mean by "hang out?" like, what kinds of things do you do? Once, I ended up going to some youth centre with a few people who wanted me to come. I thought I would have fun and enjoy it, but I ended up leaving within five minutes of arriving. The only thing I really do, aside from the computer, that I actually enjoy, is robotics. I'm in the robotics club at my school, but now it is over for the year, and I'm left with nothing to do on my spare time. So, what do you think I should do on my spare time? What did you do when you were 13? What are some things I could try doing, that would be a better use of my time?

• Answer:

  Ride your bike, go swimming, to the movies, play basketball and read a book.