Are you really? I still need to practice some self-constraint when hearing adults complaining to me of being bored.
With all the resources of learning, connection and entertainment we have, maybe you need to dig a little deeper, and I can safely assume you have access to those resources if you are reading this, unlike many other people in this world who still don’t.

So let’s dig deeper: Could you be jumping to labeling your emotion way too fast? Could it be loneliness? Could the feeling be missing face-to- face in-person non-screen connection in the pandemic? Could it be nostalgia? Could it be doing something you don’t love at work or home? Could it be tiredness, sleepiness or low energy?

What you need to hear about this word is the hint of victimhood it conveys. Please save me! is the subtitle. Let me ask you this: Do you need to be saved? Who is the hero you are waiting for? Why are you giving up responsibility of your feelings and mood like that?

Labeling your feelings as accurately as possible is so key to defining the potential problem and then coming up with possible solutions. I’m not saying feelings are problems. I’m saying we are meant for joy and peace. Whenever you are not feeling that, we need to be curious. Try to label the feeling and not resist it. Feelings won’t kill you. Allow the feeling and notice it as a tension inside your body and investigate where it is located. Only then, inquire what might be the cause. If you find it, and you can do something small to uplift your state, do it. If not, remember this too shall pass.

Don’t simply say I’m bored. Life is too rich and too beautiful for such a statement.