Are you bored?

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Amethyst1

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I have a job that is so so boring with little/nothing to do for hours that I found a new diversion
staring at the computer. I watch the digital time and date minute by minute and add up the numerals
in the date and the numerals in the time and see if they are the same. It surpirses me how many
times in an hour the numerals in the time match the sum in the date. Of course this is
totally meaningless. This gives you an idea. I don't do this at home even though I am also
bored there, too without the phone ringing and no one to talk to.
Sure, there's plenty of places to to go and things to do online and in person.
I just am tired of doing most of them. I'm not looking for advice. I am very capable of
finding things to do--then I usually do none of them. It is partly age!

Are you this bored?
 

I never get that bored b/c I have so many things to do at home. But, some 20 plus years ago, I couldn't wait for the weekend to end so I could go back to work and have something to do. There were things to do on the weekends, but I just couldn't get motivated enough to do them. In other words, during that time in my life, my job was my life. Plain and simple..........it kept me busy!

Now, there was a job I had years ago, where there were times I got so bored, I'd peek up at the clock every now and then and it just seemed like it didn't move. I didn't stay at that job long!

Wife, on the other hand, can get rather bored sometimes at home. Problem is, when she gets bored at home, she will look for something to eat. She doesn't do that at work.
 
Easy to be bored with boring job, boring people, boring tv shows - same old, same old - could be a message from the universe that it might be time for a change - if only we knew what to do - nothing too hard because that might be scary or too expensive.

I can be bored too and when I look around for something to do and nothing appeals, and no work projects call out to me I know it's not work I want, it's play and fun and entertainment to take my mind of the realities of life - an escape - a fun outing, amusing friends, a holiday, shopping for new clothes, a great movie, dinner parties, entertainment of any kind - yes indeed!

Wishful thinking though, because those are temporary distractions. When my mind is peaceful, I'm content and not craving anything - just being.
 
I'm retired also, and on my own... So if and when I find that I think I'm bored, it's because I've forgotten to do something ..:playful:
 
Maybe you're just bored with the job so it drags you down throughout your life. And once you get to retire, the 'real' you will blossom!

Or maybe you're suffering from depression and should try to figure out some ways to help yourself. I recognize the sort of feelings that you're describing. I've found that yoga and meditating has really helped. The yoga is keeping the miserable physical issues like creakiness and stiff old bones, at bay. And I really think the meditating also helps a lot. And I'm not suggesting any mystical super-experiences, but just learning to relax fully you know? Over time I've found that my outlook has mellowed so that when I get to feeling as you've described it's easier to ride it out.
 
Never bored at all..
Since I retired in 1997, I have been so busy doing things that I sometimes wonder when I ever had time to work.. I find there aren't enough hours in the day to do it all..
I needed a hobby upon retirement and my dear wife told me to find something..
I thought about it and figured I eat 3 meals a day so why not learn to cook.. I mean cook properly and healthy as well as tasty dishes.. Not KD .......
I now do all the shopping for food, planning of meals, cooking, and the cleaning up after..
I also insist on having an extremely clean kitchen which I do....

Above that, we live in the country and we have acreage which needs grooming..
The house always needs some repairs or improvements..
There are no shortage of chores around here........
 
I feel that way a lot and I find that my depression is setting in. I am trying a therapist because like you I can read a thousand ideas and find a reason to discount them all. I hope wil eventually find a way to talk myself into doing what I want to without feeling excited one moment and talk myself out of it the next morning.
 
I never feel Bored specially when I am in office B/C I have Lot to do in office. Just like finding new a Websites, Surfing on net for new things and lot more.
 
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