Getting bored…here are the things which will take you out from your boring emotions
When is the last time you were alone and you had nothing to do except just turning on your mobile phone screen and sliding along the menu and again locking the phone and repeating the same task just to keep yourself busy? Had you ever experienced a feeling of literally not doing anything or procrastinating the work? Had you ever sat somewhere and there was nothing to do except looking here and there only to pass the time. Had it occurred to you that you are getting tired up by something uninteresting. Are you experiencing more than 8 hours of sleep in a day (literally called lazy)? Do you feel exhausted and tired after work? If any of these symptoms are being experienced in your life then you are not enjoying your present moments, be cautious you are subjected to ‘getting bored’ phenomena! In literature, it is known by the name boredom.
Not just you and me! (I conquered them now) are facing this type of problem. There are plenty of people out there who are currently experiencing the phase of boredom if you are in public place just have look around and count the number(only after reading the whole blog).
It is very bemoaning to say that in spite of such progress that man has made since the 19th century he remained unsuccessful to find a cure on this problem. He was not even able to track the number of people who are currently getting bored (can you suggest any studies done on this topic just comment if you know). And now he is planning to settle on mars! What the hell will he do thereafter constructing all the setup? Just experience boredom, I guess! Hope this kind of thing doesn’t occur.
But yes to every problem there is an answer. You have to introspect/circumspect to find that answer.
Getting bored is not any mental or physical disorder. So this is not the type of disease which needs medicine. But there are certain practices you could rely on for cure to come out of these time eating sessions.
Just as a curiosity I will ask a question. Do you know any technique to come out of this boredom situation? What is your story and thoughts about this topic? Feel free to share your story in the comment section. Till that time let’s explore a few things which will take out this boredom from our minds.
- Stay ‘engaged’
Yes, you are thinking right, you should be engaged in any task you are doing or you are supposed to do. Easy E.g. suppose you are completing your homework, you took a break and you started feeling bored. Just start the work again and within a few minutes, you will move out of boredom. [Being single is also a fair choice but then loneliness will make you feel even worse?]
- Go out and try something new
Go to a new café in your locality. Go to museums, art exhibitions, expositions, festivals. These kinds of gatherings happen almost daily in every city. There are more options beyond these few which are not going to delimiting your scope. You can easily find your relevance.
- Find ‘your type of things’
Do the things which attract you, which get you closer to your priorities. In short focus on the things which will take you closer to your desired goals. There is a saying – ‘start with keeping the end in the mind’. Never settle until it’s done. One motivational quote reads- I don’t stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done.
- ‘Meet ups’
These are the best places to go to. There are hell lot of meetups which happen daily and you can easily join one of your like/taste/choice. There are many meet up sites online for such social activities. Browse and click anyone out there and you will land at numerous social gatherings happening out daily in your vicinity. These are nice places to get involved in. And if you live in the place where there is no scope for these sites, why don’t you organize your meet up. It’s always a wonderful feeling to host any group activity. By doing so you will certainly add more like-minded friends in your friend list
- Take up an online course.
When I was a kid I was not very much interested in studies. More often I would skip the topic which was hard and which carried fewer marks for exams. But when I grew up I realized those topics to be interesting and essential (for example Mathematics) and I started accumulating more material about them but nowadays the internet has made everything so simple. I explored a few online course sites and registered myself with a few of them and it was a wonderful experience (obviously I took one online course and I am taking up more). Go online and find out more. There are numerous courses on these host websites. The variety you will get will amaze you. You can explore every topic below the sky!
To list a few: Udemy, Edx, Coursera, Mentor Box, Unacademy, NPTEL- for technical/engineering. YouTube also contains software tutorials which can be learned for free
- Learn a language.
How interesting it would be if you start speaking a couple of more languages other than those you know. The benefit of learning a new language is that it increases your neural connection which in short means you become more intelligent. And a new language is always a plus point. Either this or that learning a new language will always brighten your scope of opportunity in the world.
There are a lot many things which I will be sharing in the next blog, till that time just start any one thing out of this list and tell me how much time you have saved by #NOTGETTINGBORED.
Sophisticated Minimalist 