Saturday, May 14, 2011

On Boredom

Ellen Parr once said, "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

I think she hit the nail on the head there. Boredom is something everyone must face at some time or another. Worse, in today's world of twitter, facebook and smart phones, people become bored less often. and because of this, boredom becomes feared.

But boredom is a part of life. it is meant to whet the appetite for excitement. Without boredom, how do you know if you are doing anything exciting if you have nothing to compare it to?

The point is, don't be afraid to get bored sometimes. Trust me, it will make the exciting things more exciting.

11 comments:

  1. I hate boredom, but you bring up a really valid point, nice post!

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  2. Yeah I'm worried about all those mobile devices staving off boredom. I mean with boredom you can start to think. And I mean _really_ think about things. It's what makes us humans rather than machines that do what we are supposed to do.

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  3. Wow nice post it actually made me think! but should be long cuz i'm bored now i have nothing to read LOLZ

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  4. Boredom is nice!

    It's makes you discover the web... again and again!

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  5. You need boredom to motivate you to get off your ass and do stuff.

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  6. Boredom makes me come up with things, like recording videos and editing them, which led to blogging. Go boredom!

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  7. This is very true. I only studied programming when i was bored outta my mind. If I wasnt bored I would of never even attempted it

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  8. Boredom is the first step toward creative control - its true.

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  9. being bored is a pain in the ass..
    interesting subject tho, follow'd.

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  10. Boredom nobody likes, but in life all have moments of boredom

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