Boredom Definition Essay

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Boredom comes in a period of thoughts where none of my interests are being consciously struck. It’s a selfish concept so to speak. Ideally, as individuals we would never be bored if we found happiness in all things. Everyone has their own interests and their own tastes. Thats a simple phrase that most everyone knows, but in the grand scheme of things it means a lot. This freedom of self-concept is the window for boredom to arise.

When I am happy with what I am doing, I am not bored. However, even happiness has its limits. I only want to do things for so long before I grow tired of them. Is that maybe a good definition of boredom? Growing tired of what you are doing. I love to watch movies, but as a person I can only watch movies …show more content…

Allowing myself to be bored, helps me appreciate and think about the important things surrounding me in my life more often. It helps me to find that happiness in all things. Justess is the name of the second grade girl that I mentor. Every Thursday morning, I go in to her school and help her with whatever we are working on. When its math or science, she is in the zone, but if we get to reading thats when she really seems to struggle. I've been tasked with helping her learn to read. Every now and then we get into what should be a really good book, but I notice her thoughts drifting off and her mind seems to be elsewhere. Justess is bored. She is showing the same disinterest in what we are doing, that I show to my Differential Equations professor. This 8 year old girl is thinking about snack time, or about what she is going to do at recess that day. The things that are important and surround her in her life. Age changes our boredom, and what we focus on. I think most of that comes from the fact that ignorance is bliss. I wouldn't expect Justess to be stressing over cumulative finals right about now considering she hasn't a clue what those even are. My point is that maybe Justess wont be the inventor of the newest and improved apple product because she is young, but when adults are free to roam their brains and expand upon things that strike their interests, great things are

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