Do you also feel the deadly boredom in spite of keeping tight schedules?

Question

It is normally felt that dull routiens are the causes for boredom despite busy schedules. But, boredom i.e feeling tired of life every now and then happens to me, does it happen to anyone at middle age? Is it normal? Well, I am sigle.

But my being single is not the reason for my boredom, I am sure.

Answer 1

You can be married with 10 kids and still be bored, it generally comes from routine and dissatisfaction. Try something spontaneous. Ten year olds say they are bored.

Answer 2

I teach handicapped kids so I work about 50 hours a week AT the job and about 20 hours a week at home, a job that is constantly different each and every day. I never know what will happen. Then when I am dealing with family, the same thing. I never know what will happen next..... I LOVE IT !! boredom? Actually a little boredom would feel like a vacation. LOL

Answer 3

When I feel bored is when I feel trapped in this way of life, and feel like there is no way out. I am not single, and I have a family that needs me, including a teen daughter at home and grand-kids that visit often. The work seems endless sometimes since I work and take care of them too. Sometimes I break out for a while and just do something because I enjoy it. That really helps a lot. Especially if it's with other people who enjoy the same thing. It gives me something to look forward to and get excited about. Not that I don't absolutely love my family. I do. But "me" time helps distinguish the boundaries a lot better, and reminds me there's more to live for than any tedious routine, ie-work, laundry, meals, clean-up, etc. I hope you find a muse for yourself too.

Answer 4

Boredom is the outcome of non-involvement in the actions that we are associated with. When we try do things without any involvement, then the it will not work out. Whatever we do, we need to do do with commitment and involvement.

Doing same, routine activities will make people borded. To attack this, try to spend time on entirely different activity in between. Like when you are in continuous meetings right from morning, take time in between and go for a stroll alone. Make your mind to brood on something else other than the meetings. Think some thing you enjoyed in past or you always enjoy; This would lead to balancing your mind.

Answer 5

ABSOLUTELY.
After all, we're only human. I get that too sometimes... I think it's when what you do becomes a routine, rather than pleasurable, y' know?
Undoubtedly, if you were doing it for fun or at least find it enjoyable, (the task) it wouldn't become such a chore therefore not a bore.
It doesn't discriminate either, whether you're single or married. And yeah, it's normal. You're not alone in that, lol. I guess take a breather or do something for a change like maybe shifting your time schedule for something you'd enjoy doing instead.
Once you feel refreshed, you'll be up & ready for anything=)

Answer 6

I am not certain what your experience is. You say you are single. This is an important fact. The totality of life as having purpose, when your life has such a form, has meaning, value for labor other than the dirty monetary values we are forced to weigh everyday. That is boredom when life is reduced to that disstainable activity. The sense of our life in its singular, individual mortal sense in relation to the totality of human existence takes meaning, then, when we have love. Certainly this knowledge or philosophical ascension would happen in mid life if not in our first intellectual maturation, but that ascension is education dependent, needing mentoring or guidance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Erickson

Stage One Oral-Sensory: from birth to one, trust vs. mistrust, feeding;

Stage Two Muscular-Anal: 1-3 years, autonomy vs.doubt, toilet training;

Stage Three Locomotor: 3-6 years, initiative vs.inadequacy, independence;

Stage Four Latency: 6-12 years, industry vs.inferiority, school;

Stage Five Adolescence: 12-18 years, identity vs.confusion, peer relationships;

Stage Six Young Adulthood: 18-40 years, intimacy vs.isolation, love relationships;

Stage Seven Middle Adulthood: 40-65 years, generativity vs.stagnation, parenting;

Stage Eight Maturity: 65 years until death, integrity vs.despair, acceptance of one's life.

Answer 7

While I am with someone, or when single, I get bored pretty quickly with routines. I like some routines (sleeping routine, have to with my meds, etc), but when it comes to others, I don't like them and get bored very, very quickly and have to do something else out of the routine to get thru it. I think it's normal to feel bored by routines. You get into a rut of doing the same things over and over at the same time every day. How boring is that? Most people want excitement and new expeirences in their lives. I am one of those. I do want the routine of my fiance coming hoome every night, but he doesn't have a set time to come home every night, which makes it fun as he can walk in earlier than I thougt he would, or later. It depends on his work. So, I get routine and fun guessing at the same time! I like that!

Answer 8

What we as a society are now encountering is the end product of a life dedicated to the Capitalist perspective. Working a job, having kids to raise and enjoying a plethora of distractions such as TV, movies or books is NOT living life. What we have earned from our dedication to this indoctrinated method of living is a deficit of identity as individuals.

Feeling an absence of meaning in life is a clear indicator that you have labored in vain. Sure, you may have worked a decent number of years in a middle-class job, striving for an honest pay just like any normal person - but what have you really gained?
You are given money for the time you invest in your job, yet you cannot reinvest that hourly wage to purchase your time back. You are sacrificing yourself for the benefit of others in such a way that your share of the reward is significantly smaller than anything one would reasonably hope for. Time is precious - how you spend it defines your life and there's precious little of it to be wasting on a prescribed form of economics. You are not your job. Work is not fulfillment. We're told to make money for the sole purpose of buying crap that we, for the most part, don't need. The sad thing is, for those of you who are parents, that you raise your children to accept and embrace this system with vigor.

Distractions, such as those previously refferenced, are not fulfillment either. They are corporate or artistic attempts to fill the void that has become the modern life. Magazines and TV will simply try to use our time, a synthetic manner of filling the emptiness of our own souls with useless information and advertisements for additional material possesions which further fail to define us as individuals, let alone add any meaning of significance to our lives. Our hope lay in art as it tries to show us how we've strayed from the natural path of life.

The gaping hole that everyone eventually feels in their existence should not be normal, yet it is so common as a direct result of this destructive culture which we share.

The are several possible cures for this, some more dramatic than others, but all would appear neccessary in the macrocosmic perspective. First, outdoor experience - excercise and landscaping will encourage a more natural and relaxed state of mind in comparison with that which may spawn from an urban sprawl. Second, as someone has already mentioned, our individual worth is derivative of our capacity to distinguish ourselves from our peers. Do at least one thing everyday that defines you as a person. Vandalize a street sign, dance naked, wear strange hats places, try different forms of facial art through makeup (masks, etc.). Be original everyday. Thrid, expand your mind and philosophize about everything. Examine your life and figure out, from the inside out, what's happening in your world. Socrates was put to death so that everyone would know "the unexamined life is not worth living." Your existence will have no meaning until you examine virtually all facets of it. Considering that you live your life, this shouldn't be too difficult or painstaking a task. Fourth, embrace change. If your life has become your Great Depression then restructure everything. A revolution is healthy for everyone and everything. Infact if you discover that society is the cancer which has beset you with this inadequacy then by all means help foster a way to destroy it.

This sounds revolutionary, perhaps even crazy to those who are too attached to what is draining their individuality from them. But please, in summary, realize this: When your life feels empty, no matter who you are or where you are or how many kids you have or if you've found love or not then its VERY apparent that something is wrong with a large number of people as a result of some common affliction. If this affliction is our society or our idea of what life should be about then are we not dutifully bound to ensure the prosperity of our people? Take a stand and live a life that defines you as a person instead of some mass-production consumer. You are not a barcode, you are flesh and you are blood and one day you WILL die. Make life count.

Answer 9

All work and no play certainly does make for a dull life. That's why, even though we have such busy schedules, it's necessary for us to schedule time for fun and relaxation regularly. It's the change of pace no matter what age you may be that refreshes us.

Answer 10

Work is boring. I would definitely be bored alot if I was working alot.