Article by
KAYSOON
KHOO
Boredom
is an ogre. Unlike its counterparts it doesn't rip you apart and feed
on you. It merely stifles you to death.
If
you can afford to feel bored because time hangs heavy on your hands,
you're privileged. Others don't have sufficient time to do what they
have to. But if you allow yourself to feel bored, you're doing
yourself a disfavour. You're deliberately letting yourself sink into
a rut.
And
you're not happy. No person who admits that he is bored stiff can
claim to be happy.
Don't
make excuses for your boredom. There are a million things you can do
with your hands and with your time. You should know what are the
things YOU can do besides twiddling your thumbs and listening to time
ticking away.
Try
the pen and paper routine. List out all the things you can do HERE
AND NOW. They need not even be "tasks" in the actual sense
of the word. They might even be things you enjoy doing like watching
a video or listening to your favourite music or driving down to the
beach.
If
you list actual chores you would like to do, begin with the simplest.
Don't try to knock yourself out by being over ambitious. You might
throw in the towel before you're even half-way through. And then
you'll go back to being vegetable life again.
When
you've compiled your list, get into the move. Do whatever it is you
want to do. Each time you feel bored, consult that list. Whatever you
do with your time, make sure it something useful or enjoyable. It
would be ideal, of course, if you blend usefulness with enjoyment.
However
you spend your time, keep that ogre boredom at bay. Stifle that yawn
if it's not yet time for bed. Think how short our span of life is,
even if we live to be a hundred. Boredom certainly has no place in
this brief existence.
