We spend so much time looking forward to, and preparing for, the holidays that all the downtime which comes with an extended break can in the end turnout to be a bit of a let-down. All that anticipation is hard to live up to!
Waiting for the next mealtime to click around is all well and good, but it can leave you watching the clock if you’re not careful. That’s the down side to the holidays. If you’re not a TV junkie, you can all-too-easily find yourself struggling for stimulation.
The solution is, inevitably, in our own hands. But if games consoles and online games aren’t your thing, if you struggle for something just a little more meaningful than Candy Crush Saga or Bubble Witch, then just what is a girl to do?
There is the old-fashioned resort of a good book – remember them? But, for a pick up and put down time filler, books are a bit one paced. You need a good half-hour to thoroughly immerse yourself in a good tale and, for all there is lots of down time over the holidays, there’s no guarantee that it’s going to come in nice neat chunks. Life’s just not that simple.
So what we’re after is something quick and discrete, something meaningful, something stimulating and something that spikes your excitement levels. This sounds like a job for Super-Smartphone. Faster than a falling bauble, more connected than Kim Kardashian’s agent, able to provide a leap across the globe in a single bound…. If you’re cooking a bird or waiting for a plane, Super-Smartphone will not let you down.
We’ve talked before about the way more and more women are using their phones to play online games and to amuse themselves in ever more interesting ways, but what I can steer your way is something that I came across recently that puts another big tick against all the boxes mentioned above: quick, short term, gripping and guaranteed to spike your adrenaline.
Financial spread betting sounds really dry, doesn’t it? But here’s the thing, it’s not. It’s a quick-fire, turbo-charged form of betting that is guaranteed to do away with even the suggestion of tedium. Basically, you’re playing the world’s markets on a second-by-second basis. You put your money down and, when the market moves the right way, you take the money and run. Most trades are over and done in a matter of seconds.
Once your bet is ‘covering the spread’ – as they say, you’re winning. And the excitement arises because your winnings are open-ended. The more the market moves, the more you win. What makes it such a ‘blink-and-you-miss-it’ ride is that if you get it wrong, your losses can work the same way. So, you have to keep a really close watch on what’s happening.
There is no doubt about it, FSB is gambling reduced down to its bare essentials. No sport, no animation and nobody else to play against; it’s just you, what you know and how brave you are. It’s one of those things that you can make as intense or as casual as you want; there is no limit to the amount of research you can do if you really want to take it seriously. There are plenty of books and websites out there telling you how to go about it.
What is best, though, is that leading providers such as Trade Fair offer demo software and apps that allow you to try it out for free – no money changes hands at any point. It is the ideal way to release your inner trader. It is a perfect clocking filler for the holidays. Try it for yourself, I promise you won’t be bored.