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Is the statement, 'if you're bored it might be you that's boring' accurate or is it BS?
Just curious on what y'all think. I'll save my thoughts for a little bit.
To me, boredom is having nothing interesting to turn my attention to. If I have control over my time (so at nights and on weekends) I am never bored. At work, I am bored often.
I do think the "If you're bored, it might be you that's boring" statement is pretty accurate assuming you're in control of your time. I can't remember the last time I was bored when I was away from work. There are way too many things to do to be bored, at least for me.
Well, I'm not one of these people who needs to feel "stimulated" all of the time. I don't mind a little boredom; in fact, the great thing about boredom is the benefit it provides ~ a CHOICE to un-bore myself in any way I choose.
My brain is almost always in motion. Boredom never lasts long - I either start writing stories in my head or start meditating. I can get bored with what I'm doing, but I'll take a break and then go back to it.
Boredom, jmo is exemplified by people who email you 20 times a day or want to know why you aren't answering them on Facebook.
They can't read or find a useful constructive hobby, so they waste time bothering other people. If you are self-actualized in doing your own thing, you will rarely get bored.
I don't recall EVER being bored in my life! I always had so many things I wanted to do: studying, researching my latest interest(s), watching TV, reading comic books, sketching, writing (poetry, fiction, non-fiction), doing some sort of craft (especially jewelry making), hand-sewing costumes, listening to music, playing the organ (from about the age of 8 to 22, when I developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), and so much more. IF my Net connection is down and even if not, I'm busy reading, practicing handwriting so that I can return to penpalling, sorting through items to sell on ebay and Webstore, and a "zillion" other things.
We found one of my younger sister's diaries from her teens. Nearly every passage was "I'm so bored." "Nothing happened today." "I wish something would happen." My own was more like a journal, with sketches, taped-in clippings, notes about movies I'd seen, interesting facts I'd come across, etc. So, maybe some are prone to boredom and a lack of inspiration, while the rest of us need 48-hour days to get everything done.
It can be awful because, when I try to go to bed, my mental chatter keeps me awake, outlining plans for what I want to do when I get up. Often, I have to give up, get up and do something! I don't know if my ADHD is partly responsible. Ooh! Something shiny! Maybe not...
To me, boredom is having nothing interesting to turn my attention to. If I have control over my time (so at nights and on weekends) I am never bored. At work, I am bored often.
This. I tend to struggle with repetitive tasks. I don't mind repetitive physical tasks, especially outdoors, as much as repetitive "intellectual" tasks.
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