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[sarahmichigan]

I'm feeling old and boring.

I've always said only boring people get bored. And I think my sense of ennui is probably related to the fact that I've become boring. I'm all about work-eat-sleep and do it again.

I'd like to go out and do fun things, but I suspect my idea of fun things don't always match up with other folks' ideas about this. I'm contrary and ornery. I really want to learn something new, do something new- listen to new music, pick up a new skill, create something. Not sure what.

Perhaps, from this life-angst, something wonderful will be born. I hope so.

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[sylo-tode.livejournal.com]

There's a running order at our house that little_jesus is not allowed to tell me he's bored. This is my "you kids today!" lecture¹.

When we were growing up, we had eight channels to choose from², no video games, and no internet. If there wasn't anything to watch on TV; read a book or go outside were pretty much the only options³.

Now that we are older, I think we get bored because we've done that before and we want something new to challenge us; we don't just want something to keep us occupied, we want something engaging. We don't want something to just fill our time, we want something more meaningful.





¹Well, one of them, anyway.
²Eleven, if reception was good.
³I frequently did both.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

We had 3 channels growing up, maybe a fourth kind of fuzzy if you messed with the antenna...

Yes, I think it's less that I'm bored than that I want a challenge.