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  • June 28, 2018 at 8:38 am #214555
    Shreya
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    Hello everyone! I am Shreya. I would like to convey my experience regarding boredom. As you all know, boredom is a very unpleasant feeling. It is a feeling coupled with all kinds of negative thoughts. One tends to go back to one’s past and regret over the choices made. But here’s a quick insight. Next time whenever you feel bored, take a step back and simply observe your feelings. In my case what I realised is that I feel bored only because of my own erroneous assumption that the task at hand is boring! So before I try to watch a video or read something, the thought comes ‘uh! this is so boring!’ and then I decide to not give it a try, therefore reinforcing within myself the feeling of boredom. I hope this message proves beneficial to all the readers out there!

    June 28, 2018 at 11:10 am #214603
    Anonymous
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    Dear Shreya:

    I think that “Next time whenever you feel bored, take a step back and simply observe your feeling”, is a great suggestion.

    A few days ago I was doing a very boring task in the kitchen, removing the pits from lots and lots of cherries, one by one, using a small tool. It was very unpleasant for me. I noticed my discomfort, but it didn’t make the task any less boring for me, or more interesting. What I did was to discontinue the task and continue the next day and that was helpful. I felt relief when it was over and I felt good for enduring the discomfort and completing the job regardless.

    Do you have any comments about my cherry experience, any suggestions?

    anita

    June 28, 2018 at 8:06 pm #214641
    Shreya
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    Dear Anita,

    I can completely empathise with your feeling of joy. I feel the same whenever I do endure the fear and discomfort of doing a challenging or boring task. It all comes down to our own assumption and attitudes, which generates certain kind of feelings. And have you noticed that the more you try to change your perspective, the more harder it becomes to like a specific boring/challenging task at hand?

    June 29, 2018 at 4:51 am #214683
    Anonymous
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    Dear Shreya:

    Our thoughts do generate feelings. It is also true that feelings generate thoughts. There is a strong connection between thoughts and feelings.

    I didn’t understand your question, can you restate it?

    anita

    June 29, 2018 at 8:06 am #214705
    Shreya
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    Dear Anita,

    What I meant to say was that the more you try to like something which you dislike, the intensity of dislike increases even further. It is termed as the backwards law, if I am not wrong.

    June 29, 2018 at 8:17 am #214707
    Anonymous
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    Dear Shreya:

    Yes, I noticed and I agree.

    anita

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