Comments on: How And Why We Get Bored http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/ The Personal Development Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=162 By: Sandor http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-108315 Sandor Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:51:53 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-108315 I disagree that boredom should stem from a lack of self worth. That's not to say that it never does, but it isn't always the reason. Your definition of boredom seems more personal and specifically attributed to your experience of low self-esteem. I think "transition" can be generalized as a more appropriate definition for boredom. Boredom can be a healthy "state of mind" granted you recognize its purpose, which in my opinion, it is to motivate you, find inspiration. I feel that for most people, it is a moment in time when you see a need for change. It usually leads to action and new experiences in general. I disagree that boredom should stem from a lack of self worth. That’s not to say that it never does, but it isn’t always the reason. Your definition of boredom seems more personal and specifically attributed to your experience of low self-esteem.
I think “transition” can be generalized as a more appropriate definition for boredom.
Boredom can be a healthy “state of mind” granted you recognize its purpose, which in my opinion, it is to motivate you, find inspiration. I feel that for most people, it is a moment in time when you see a need for change. It usually leads to action and new experiences in general.

]]> By: Robin http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-108050 Robin Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:51:22 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-108050 I agree fully and wholly with this article. I have a friend who is always bored and I believe it's due to a lack of self esteem. He never wants to do anything when we invite him out and never rectifies his boredom on his own. Very annoying. I agree fully and wholly with this article. I have a friend who is always bored and I believe it’s due to a lack of self esteem. He never wants to do anything when we invite him out and never rectifies his boredom on his own.

Very annoying.

]]> By: Sustainable Earth http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-107598 Sustainable Earth Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:04:31 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-107598 I have not found a single person that was balanced to the level that even menial tasked did not bore them. Could you point to the research so I can review? Was not bored reading this, but now want to learn more. I have not found a single person that was balanced to the level that even menial tasked did not bore them. Could you point to the research so I can review? Was not bored reading this, but now want to learn more.

]]> By: Joe http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-107542 Joe Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:31:36 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-107542 Well, I wasn't bored reading this! Well, I wasn’t bored reading this!

]]> By: vicky http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-107500 vicky Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:23:08 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-107500 this discussion was also very wise. I found my solution. May be u ll find it useful http://mylifecoach1.websitetoolbox.com/post/why-do-i-get-bored-so-quickly-980383 this discussion was also very wise. I found my solution. May be u ll find it useful http://mylifecoach1.websitetoolbox.com/post/why-do-i-get-bored-so-quickly-980383

]]> By: Deborah D. http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-107203 Deborah D. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:41:11 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-107203 Wow. Well I didn't expect your idea of boredom. I've always said that I enjoyed being bored. It usually leads to very interesting activities or thoughts for me. I can't remember it being an anxiety producing moment and I don't feel low self esteem from boredom. I know there are negative associations to boredom like "idle hands make idle minds" etc., in our culture but that has not been my experience. Some people have to be "doing" all the time or they feel anxious. Thank you for your thoughts though. I do not disagree with them. As I said it just has not been my experience. Oh and I was doing nothing when I read your article so it was nice indeed to have it break the "boredom".....::soft grin::: It led me here. Wow. Well I didn’t expect your idea of boredom. I’ve always said that I enjoyed being bored. It usually leads to very interesting activities or thoughts for me. I can’t remember it being an anxiety producing moment and I don’t feel low self esteem from boredom. I know there are negative associations to boredom like “idle hands make idle minds” etc., in our culture but that has not been my experience. Some people have to be “doing” all the time or they feel anxious. Thank you for your thoughts though. I do not disagree with them. As I said it just has not been my experience. Oh and I was doing nothing when I read your article so it was nice indeed to have it break the “boredom”…..::soft grin::: It led me here.

]]> By: Lacey http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-107167 Lacey Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:40:18 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-107167 "The bad news is that situation is contagious. It will spread over other areas of your life pretty soon. If you’re constantly getting bored doing stuff you should really do, this will reach to other areas of your life pretty soon. Boredom likes wide spaces, it has an inner sense of expansion. Once allowed in a certain section of your life it will do whatever it can to conquer the rest of you as fast as it can." -- This one paragraph in specific really got me. I think I have convinced myself in my head that due to my depression issues, I can't enjoy much of anything anymore, even the little things I used to love. I have been mourning my childhood a lot lately, how things were so exciting back then. I actually used to read the backs of shampoo bottles in the shower in different voices pretending I was on a tv show , little stuff like that, it made the boring slightly exciting. I definitely think kids have all the answers to most emotional problems. They are so raw, real, and untouched by life's harsh reality. Thank you for this. “The bad news is that situation is contagious. It will spread over other areas of your life pretty soon. If you’re constantly getting bored doing stuff you should really do, this will reach to other areas of your life pretty soon. Boredom likes wide spaces, it has an inner sense of expansion. Once allowed in a certain section of your life it will do whatever it can to conquer the rest of you as fast as it can.”
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This one paragraph in specific really got me. I think I have convinced myself in my head that due to my depression issues, I can’t enjoy much of anything anymore, even the little things I used to love. I have been mourning my childhood a lot lately, how things were so exciting back then.
I actually used to read the backs of shampoo bottles in the shower in different voices pretending I was on a tv show , little stuff like that, it made the boring slightly exciting. I definitely think kids have all the answers to most emotional problems.
They are so raw, real, and untouched by life’s harsh reality.
Thank you for this.

]]> By: bverity http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-106908 bverity Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:52:24 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-106908 Just want to leave this comment and say that your definition of boredom is terrible. This is what people get when they google being always bored and you're telling them something unsupported. Anxiety and boredom aren't completely inclusive. You're forgetting the most important part of boredom, motivation. Being uninterested is the same as not being motivated to do something. If you want to solve boredom, try not to do boring things by making everything you do your own. Just want to leave this comment and say that your definition of boredom is terrible. This is what people get when they google being always bored and you’re telling them something unsupported. Anxiety and boredom aren’t completely inclusive. You’re forgetting the most important part of boredom, motivation. Being uninterested is the same as not being motivated to do something. If you want to solve boredom, try not to do boring things by making everything you do your own.

]]> By: Cristina http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-106779 Cristina Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:59:27 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-106779 When I was a teenager I had a T-shirt with a picture of Fido Dido, head upside down, on it and an inscription reading "Normal is boring". Later, while in Japan, I was taught that "Normal is the best" (Futsu wa ichiban). Can we then infer that the best can be boring? :) When I was a teenager I had a T-shirt with a picture of Fido Dido, head upside down, on it and an inscription reading “Normal is boring”. Later, while in Japan, I was taught that “Normal is the best” (Futsu wa ichiban). Can we then infer that the best can be boring? :)

]]> By: anita mcskimming http://www.dragosroua.com/how-and-why-we-get-bored/#comment-106459 anita mcskimming Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:37:10 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=2649#comment-106459 totally agree!!!! well said totally agree!!!! well said

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