Purpose

I don't believe in boredom. I don't think it's possible to say that you're "bored". The reason I feel this way is because there are SOOO many things to do, so many experiences to have in this life. What I think boredom really is comes from being too lazy to do anything. In which case, you aren't bored, you're lazy.--There's nothing wrong with being a little lazy though, so sit back, relax, take a nap, and "be lazy" --you can't be bored if you're purposely being lazy.

I've been thinking about this a little bit lately. --I've spent a great deal of my life thinking I was "bored" when really it was that I was too unmotivated to try something ambitious. I would have saved myself a lot of "boredom" if I would have just settled on being lazy for a little while. The thing is, finding something to do to replace boredom is more exciting than being bored and not doing anything. Shoot, one involves resting and thinking, the other involves feeling sorry for yourself.
If you read my last full article on "Navigating a room" you'd recall that I said you need to have a purpose before you could navigate a room. --You have to have a desire for something more. If you're bored, I think you're just lacking purpose and direction. You don't know what you want though you know you want something different. I must admit that I have been very guilty of this before in my life. That is why I starting blogging, writing poetry, dating coaching...the list goes on. I picked up a whole bunch of hobbies that I never have time or money for, like painting, because I got so bored and wanted something to pass away time. Pass away time...That's really what you desire when you are bored. You don't want to change or you'd go DO something, like work out to become stronger, read to become smarter, or walk around town introducing yourself to become more social (or to run for mayor, you pick). It isn't improvement you are seeking when you are bored, you're seeking to stay the same.

What I didn't mention in my article on navigating a room was that staying the same is the equivalent of accepting what is given to you. You may want OTHERS to stay the same when you request that grandpa drive the boat (maybe...but you probably have alterior motives) , but you yourself don't want to stay the same.

Having a purpose driven life is very important. You can waste away your life being bored because you aren't working towards anything, or making any growth, or you can always have plenty of things to do and improve on and never be bored.
So...next time you're bored, don't think of it as "I have nothing to do" think of it as "I don't want to do anything" And then while you're thinking of how you don't want to do anything, you can sit back and relax a little. --It's okay to not do anything as long as that is what you are planning on doing. Think a little, nap a little, RELAX.


I have a few things I want to write about in my next few posts. One is on just that: thinking and doing nothing.
Another is on how people are addicted to fast paced lives, even when they think they aren't.

Until Next time!