Junto
September 2022
The older I get the more sensitive to the passage of time I become. This month I want to explore that. Especially in light of spending some time contemplating my own death. To help become more aware of the passing time I want to embrace daily occurrences of boredom.
We live in a time where entertainment is at our fingertips. There is no reason to be bored ever. Unless we choose it, and this month I want us to choose boredom.
During all the passing periods I try to fill more efficiently I am going to deliberately not fill them.
For the next couple of weeks I am going to:
Access to information has made me feel the need to increase my consumption. If I’m not consuming I am wasting time. If I am wasting time I am missing out. This line of logic has led to anxiety around feeling like I “should be” further along than I am.
The real problem with “further along” is that I’m not even sure what that means. When I get that spot it is often in comparison to someone else. Someone I don’t know. Rather than seeing what I have all I see is what I don’t.
Although I think it is important to push myself it is not healthy for me to wallow in misery for not being someone else.
The goal of embracing boredom is to reconnect with myself, ground myself in authenticity, and create space for deep time.
We live in a time where entertainment is at our fingertips. There is no reason to be bored ever. Unless we choose it, and this month I want us to choose boredom.
During all the passing periods I try to fill more efficiently I am going to deliberately not fill them.
For the next couple of weeks I am going to:
- Use the bathroom without my phone
- Walk without an audiobook
- Commute to work without reading to watching a video
- Wait in line without catching up
Access to information has made me feel the need to increase my consumption. If I’m not consuming I am wasting time. If I am wasting time I am missing out. This line of logic has led to anxiety around feeling like I “should be” further along than I am.
The real problem with “further along” is that I’m not even sure what that means. When I get that spot it is often in comparison to someone else. Someone I don’t know. Rather than seeing what I have all I see is what I don’t.
Although I think it is important to push myself it is not healthy for me to wallow in misery for not being someone else.
The goal of embracing boredom is to reconnect with myself, ground myself in authenticity, and create space for deep time.