HOW I DEAL WITH BOREDOM

We cannot always help it when our day is not very eventful. Some days are just like that.

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There's a saying that goes that "an idle mind is the devil's work station." While this doesn't necessarily mean that a person may delve into evil, there's a tendency to begin to overthink. Especially to think about things that are not working so fine, this may lead to self pity and consequently, depression and a dark phase.

After I graduated from the University, I returned back home and was waiting to be called up for my National Youth Service(NYSC). I reckoned to take the few weeks before the programme to rest well. The first few days, it was all okay. By the second week, it had become a tiring exercise. And although I got busy around the house quite often, I still was bored. Seeing movies, scrolling through my phone and just sleeping didn't do enough to erase nothing. I had too much buttoned up energy.

So I decided I was going to change that. Since I had no plans of really going out, I had to do things in my space to help me get through those phases.

So first, I spent some of the time Working out. It did help tht I like athletics too. In the evenings, I went out by the nearby fields and played the game of football. It's one sport I love very much. That helped me very well as it developed the mental and physical areas of my life.
In a bid to be productive too, I set some goals for myself to build my muscle, build my legs and my abs. Certainly, I smashed all of those.

I engaged in the game of chess. I remember writing here that it was during the covid-19 lockdown, out of the lack of what to do, that I found chess. Since then, I've come to enjoy the game very much. Whenever I get bored, I call up a friend or two and we indulge ourselves. I'm quite conscious about engaging in beneficial activities during my spare time. And chess helps boosts the mind. It builds the critical thinking skill. For fun, it's an amazing activity.

I sleep too. I'd be a lie if I didn't include this. Being hired gets me sleepy. When I cannot think of anything else to do, I lay my head down and gets some rest. And I like to sleep too. It's a great past-time.

That's all for how I deal with boredom.
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