Bored...

[poliphilo]

...Is a word I refuse to apply to myself. I made this decision a while back and I'm sticking to it.

Sad, yes- that's OK. Depressed, well I try to keep away from that one too, but I realise it's not so much within my power.

But bored- that's wilful. That's an attitude of mind. A pose. It can be avoided.

It's a teen thing. It goes with growing pains and thwarted impulses. I'm a grown up, well-educated human being. I have resources.

There's books and movies and newspapers and websites. There's even other human beings.

There's jobs to be done. There's daydreams.

I just repaired the (very large) cardboard box the rabbits use as a warren. They'd eaten away one whole wall, so I patched it up for them. My, that was bracing! That was invigorating!

To be bored is to insult the Creator (if there is one). I don't generally have a problem about being rude to the gods (often they deserve it) but in this case it's just so unfair. This world has loads wrong with it but you can't say it's not interesting. It's too full of stuff (much of it horrible) to be boring.

As Stevenson said,

The world is so full of of a number of things.
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Comments

[manfalling.livejournal.com]

I've often felt bored in the past. I've used LJ as a place to vent said boredom, knowing full well at the time it was an angsty and dull thing to do.

I made a similar decision to you to not think of myself as bored. There are always things to do. Often they are not the things I'd want to do. Write a story- but it's too much effort! Fill out your tax return- too much effort! etc..

Faced this problem last night. And wrote a story. Today? Filled out and filed my tax returns. Now- feeling like I accomplished something.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You're right; there's always something to do. It's just a matter of getting over that hurdle of "this is too much like hard work".

If really pushed I pick up a book.