Boredom Can Be a Good Friend, Use it Wisely

You found yourself once again bored.  Searching the 'Net, you don't find nothing much that interests you.  You log off, reach out to a loved one or friend and they appear to be bored like you.  You open the fridge and what's inside is boring!  What to do?

Treating boredom like it is a bad thing to experience will not lift your spirits.  Rather you will start to behave negatively and you might take out your feelings of boredom on the unsuspecting family and friends around you.  That's not good!  What might be driving your boredom especially if it has become a routine with you?  Knowing the answers as to why you often become bored might help you feel better about yourself.

Bored people usually become this way because they simply don't bother to break habits.  They don't think that trying a new way of doing something, going out on an adventure, or shopping at a different place is necessary.  However, it becomes all-too important to make swift changes when unfortunately you lose out on someone or something.  But there are some great things ahead for those who treat boredom as a friend that comes for a visit but has to go sooner or later.  Here's what you can do.

1) Don't force yourself to do anything when you are bored.  For instance, stop surfing the net or playing a game that you know you are so over! 

2)  Sit still, breathe, and quiet your mind.  Welcome serenity! 

3)  If you have a personal faith, take the time to pray for yourself and others, give thanks, confess sins, and repent.

4)  Write down how you feel along with problems you would like to solve.

5)  Share with someone you trust how you have been feeling lately.  Be open and honest, but don't share too much about anything negative that you might be feeling toward the person you are talking to.  The last thing you need is to argue.

6)  Pull out your calendar and search for things to do out of your typical place of comfort.  Too often people miss out on some great community events, seminars, grand openings, shopping deals, movies etc. because once again they are stuck in their routines.

7) Make phone calls and write emails you have been putting off.

A moment of "I am so bored with..." can lead to some wonderful things, so take the time to discover what they are!

Nicholl McGuire