Boredom

When we get bored, things can go good or they can go bad. Perhaps I am speaking for myself.

Maintaining positivity and productivity becomes a challenge. Negatively building upon the boredom becomes a challenge to overcome. Boredom can feed further boredom, and no good comes of that. The snowball effect.

I think about this today, as many of us are, due to the current state of events related to the coronavirus. We are locked in. We are shut down. It is the weekend, with nothing to do, which is a rare phenomenon, at least for my wife and I. What should we do to consider this a successful (productive) day?

We would typically go to an outdoor event (it is March in Texas), go listen to some local music, or partake in some food at a local restaurant. Those things are off-limits. But other, not so positive things, are available.

So, what do we do to maintain clarity and stay on the right path? How do we fight the urge to become slothful and gluttonous? Again, maybe I am speaking for myself. 

I am sure I will struggle with this in the coming days, if not weeks. Maybe we all will. It is an interesting concept, boredom. Perhaps we have not experienced it in quite some time, but it is here and ready to take over. I will fight it.

-Houston Bailey (@BumpBailey)