Good points. I'm not sure if the ''opposite'' of boredom is busy-ness, or adventure seeking. It's more a state of mind, than anything else, in my opinion. You could appear to be incredibly busy to outsiders looking in at your life, but on the inside, you may feel uninterested, restless, and all of this ''busy-ness'' feels more tedious than anything else.
The opposite of boredom wouldn't be "busy-ness". It would be being absorbed or very interested in what you are doing, being fulfilled I guess you could say.
I think we’re saying the same thing, but expressing it differently. So, agreed.
I noticed that you were responding to someone else after I had posted.
Lol no worriesI noticed that you were responding to someone else after I had posted.
I think we too said virtually the same thing, but expressed ourselves differently. lol
Totally agree. But, I also think that it's perfectly okay to do nothing. Italians have a saying called ''il dolce far niente,'' which means the ''sweetness of doing nothing.'' We have tendency as Americans, to feel like we must stay busy or be entertained at all times. In Italy, it's not considered boring to do nothing, to simply sit with your thoughts and just be. They aren't like Americans, stressed out from filling each hour with something to do. Perhaps, we should take a page out of their book.
Totally agree. But, I also think that it's perfectly okay to do nothing. Italians have a saying called ''il dolce far niente,'' which means the ''sweetness of doing nothing.'' We have tendency as Americans, to feel like we must stay busy or be entertained at all times. In Italy, it's not considered boring to do nothing, to simply sit with your thoughts and just be. They aren't like Americans, stressed out from filling each hour with something to do. Perhaps, we should take a page out of their book.
Totally agree. But, I also think that it's perfectly okay to do nothing. Italians have a saying called ''il dolce far niente,'' which means the ''sweetness of doing nothing.'' We have tendency as Americans, to feel like we must stay busy or be entertained at all times. In Italy, it's not considered boring to do nothing, to simply sit with your thoughts and just be. They aren't like Americans, stressed out from filling each hour with something to do. Perhaps, we should take a page out of their book.
I’m guilty of getting caught up in my phone with work emails and then “while I’m online, I’ll check my social media.” This turns into two hours of screen time that I can never get back.I agree. I'm more like that naturally. I'll walk around Green Lake just to chill in my thoughts and everyone I come across (it can be a crowded walk around the lake) is walking and staring into their iphone playing some game nonstop (Pokemon Go) and miss the bald eagle swooping down to catch a fish in the lake as the sun sets.
It seems that most kids today are taken from one activity to the next nonstop all day. We used to have the backyard and our imagination. Sometimes it was just laying on our backs staring at the Moon and "thinking".
I’m guilty of getting caught up in my phone with work emails and then “while I’m online, I’ll check my social media.” This turns into two hours of screen time that I can never get back.
So, I try to “unplug” and detach from technology more often, because you’re right - living in the present moment is like nothing else. And you feel a sense of peace that is hard to explain. Never boring!
Why do you feel guilty about it, out of curiosity? Do you not enjoy it? Do you have more pressing things you want to do? Or is it a sense of peer-pressure that you shouldn't be "wasting your time" on such?I’m guilty of getting caught up in my phone with work emails and then “while I’m online, I’ll check my social media.” This turns into two hours of screen time that I can never get back.
Tech has its place in that, though. Removing tech doesn't put you in the present moment (although it can help), but rather living in the present moment is a state of mind, just being aware of what is going on around you. You can do that while listening to music, reading, sitting and staring out over a landscape, or even watching TV... as your present moment is whatever you're experiencing at that time. Bask in it. Enjoy it. Don't worry about what you have or haven't done. That's the key, I find. Now, whether that's strictly what people mean by "being in the moment", meh.
To me it just means not worrying about the past or future, which I very much experience when immersed in a good book or film etc.
While I may enjoy it, it’s something to do when I’m mainly procrastinating, if I’m being transparent about it.
Yea, most of the time, I can experience it without guilt, but tend to feel bad when I know that something else needs to get done, but I’m “escaping” from it through social media, or even when I post on here. But…but…I’m posting something helpful, and insightful so that’s not time wasted, right? I tell myself that sometimes but it’s to make myself feel not so guilty. Having said that, I don’t always think it’s a waste of time - usually only if I’m “escaping” a task or whatever that needs to get done, do I feel this way.Do you not enjoy it? Do you have more pressing things you want to do? Or is it a sense of peer-pressure that you shouldn't be "wasting your time" on such?
This is an interesting take and I’ll be telling myself this when I’m procrastinating soon enough, wasting away my time online.Tech has its place in that, though. Removing tech doesn't put you in the present moment (although it can help), but rather living in the present moment is a state of mind, just being aware of what is going on around you. You can do that while listening to music, reading, sitting and staring out over a landscape, or even watching TV... as your present moment is whatever you're experiencing at that time. Bask in it. Enjoy it. Don't worry about what you have or haven't done. That's the key, I find. Now, whether that's strictly what people mean by "being in the moment", meh.
No, I'm not sure I would ever want to feel bored if I don't have to. I do get bored, especially at work, but doing something relaxing, like reading or playing games or watching TV, walking, listening to music etc, is not being bored, if it gives us the stimulation we need. Boredom is the state of wanting/needing stimulation. It's our brain telling us that what we're doing is not enough for our mental health at that time. If you feel bored, that's bad, so go and get stimulation, however you can!
I think we may have different ideas of what it means to be bored, to be honest. Doing nothing is not the same, to me at least, as being bored. I can quite happily "do nothing" if it is what I feel that that's what I want to do. And by nothing means that, if it's what I want to do, I could literally sit in a dark room and do nothing (other than think etc). Social media, watching tv, playing games, is not, to me, doing nothing. It's not necessarily doing anything productive but it is not doing nothing. It is doing something that presumably you're enjoying doing at the time.