What else can one do to make the place/area they live in feel new again?

I guess I'll save myself the added stress and just keep living where I am living for at least two more years.
It's a safe area and I have everything that I need nearby. Rent is decent. Anywhere else I go, I'd pay at least $100 more for a smaller place. Nothing fun nearby though. I've lived in the area my whole life.

I've resorted to rearranging furniture in my apartment. I changed the color scheme at one point.

I now shop at a different grocery store and sometimes will take different routes.

What else can one do to make the same old place/area feel new?

I seriously don't see how people live in the same place for 30 years.
Or maybe I'm craving something out of life that they aren't. Nothing wrong with either, I just don't see how.

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I've been living in the same city all my life and I barely know it. 🙈 I'm a homebody from a large part. Last Friday a friend's friend took us to some places I had no idea even existed here. 😅 We also went to a small exhibition to a gallery that I have heard about a lot but had no idea where it even was. Shame on me but I've always had too much of social anxiety to explore even the most basic places in my city, let alone small family cafés on side streets and courtyards.
I think that an active and social person can get bored here easily but I'd still have so much to see.

rosyhills · 31-35, F

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That's nice that you found more to explore in your area

YourMomsSecretCrush · M

i plant some flowers or a new tree or put out some new bird feeders or new bird houses.

in10RjFox · M

Unfortunately rearranging or altering is not going to help you bring people out of their complacency.

What you are actually seeking is to make the people more vibrant than the mundane life that they are leading I suppose.

Make their life more dynamic than the static life they are living

The only way to do it is to draw them out for meet-up and make them voice their opinions about life. Make them outspoken.

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

If you paint your walls, a neutral color, you can colorize your furniture, accessories, like your carpet and pillows and decorations, and change it up when you get bored

I shop at different places too just to change my routine

rosyhills · 31-35, F

@Jenny1234 we can't paint apartment walls.
Can't change carpet.
I've done the other things

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

@rosyhills ok right. What have you done?

rosyhills · 31-35, F

@Jenny1234 I've bought different pictures for the walls, I bought different color pillow covers for my couch pillows and changed out the color scheme once. I rearranged my living room furniture. I go to a different grocery store take different routes. That's all just have to keep taking different routes and try to find something new even though I know there isn't anything

deadteddy · 26-30, F

Visiting new places. New business that recently opened in the area. Meeting new people going to their houses.

rosyhills · 31-35, F

@deadteddy there aren't any new places that have opened. There is nowhere to just sit and be, without having to spend money to be there. It's too hot here to sit outside.
I'm not going to anyone's house.
Thanks though

Cowboybob · M

Get new curtains and artwork!

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