I am writing a new eBook dealing with boredom.
I started out thinking that if I could deal with what people wanted underneath their boredom then that’d be the fix.
I discovered this was wrong both ways. Some times we just want a quick fix – to get out of a bored mood. And then to deal with boredom so that we don’t have it in our lives meant dealing with parts of ourselves.
So, the eBook now has three parts. A quick fix, deeper work and deepest work (which is closest to a permanent fix).
For me this is the important part of my writing. Getting a clear idea of the form of what I’m going to do. Once this is fairly clear it is a matter of putting in the spadework – filling in the blanks so to speak. Like all my eBooks the guts of it will be exercises for you to do, supported with enough theory so that they make sense and you can make this a part of your life and aren’t left depending on someone else (in this case me.)
It should be done in the next two or three weeks. So, if you would like to have less boredom in your life, stay tuned.
Would you like to feel less stressed?
Could you do with more joy in your life?
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Sounds a great project, Evan.
I’m thinking it might help with my 6 year old (well – for me too). She’s recently started saying ‘I’m bored’ … usually when she doesn’t want to do something (like brushing her teeth!). I’m not sure she really knows yet what boredom is, but I’m assuming I can be better prepared to deal with it!
looking forward to it! i know someone who has a real problem with boredom, maybe the book will be helpful.
Thanks Ian. Hmm I hadn’t thought about the kids and their “I’m bored”. I think I feel a new paragraph or two coming on.
I hope so. thanks for your comment Isabella.
It’s good to be self-sufficient for excitement or amusement, especially when many of those things come from others or our interactions with them.
I wonder if boredom is a reaction or an action.
And also I think we need to be bored sometimes, so that we can know what we are really interested in or passionate about.
Hi Adelaide, I think boredom is a mix of action and reaction. Being able to make our own excitement and amusement is great I think. Thanks for your comment.
I think boredom is an interesting kind of inbetween state – a really important one, from which creativity arises… for kids as well as adults…as long as we don’t try to avoid it at all costs!
Hi Sarah, I’m not sure what you mean. My problem may be the word ‘arises’. Could you say more? I’d like to see more clearly the connection with creativity. Thanks for your comment.
I suppose I mean that when we’re bored we are kind of ‘unhooked’and between things/states/engagement with something, and when we’re inbetween and not hooked to anything, to my mind, that’s when there’s a space for something different to happen, I feel it like a kind of ‘arising’ out of formlessness.
Thanks. Beautifully put. Evan