We were driving in the car today and my four year old was doing the whole "are we there yet?" routine. It got me thinking about boredom and wasting time. I usually associate it with specific activities like watching TV or playing hours and hours of computer games. However, I don't think that is right.
There are plenty of times where I have spent nice time with Debra and/or friends watching shows, and I have a lot of good memories playing computer games with friends. Then it hit me. It really comes down to why you are doing the "useless" activity. Boredom exists as a lack of purpose. In that case movies or games or anything else really is a distraction and not much more. On the flip side, even the most "useless" activity can be valuable if there is purpose behind it.
So next time I am sitting down to watch a show I will try to think, am I doing this to gloss over a lack of purpose and just pass time, or am I gaining something, even if it is just rest by doing this? And I guess the next question would be, is this the best way to do that?
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