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What do you do when you're bored with your life?

_Sal said:
Do you feel you have reached your full potential, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually?
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No, I'm just lost and don't know how to find a good direction at the moment.
 
SDET said:
No, I'm just lost and don't know how to find a good direction at the moment.
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I've been sick for ten days, which means no bike riding for well over a week now. I'm climbing the walls.

Thing is, I started feeling better yesterday. So, I cut the grass. Now, my nose is running again and I've sneezed more times than I can count since I woke up this morning. I am getting a bit sick of being sick.
 
SDET said:
No, I'm just lost and don't know how to find a good direction at the moment.
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Ah okay I understand better now. It almost sounds like you are feeling kind of depressed. Maybe not clinically depression but mildly depressed.

When my life hits a rut like that, I walk, and walk, and walk. I also stay away from negative people and seek people of purpose who are supportive of whatever others do.

I think being around people who are stable regardless of what they are dealing with helps.

People connection helps for me. Plus focusing on gratitude and hope. I know that may sound trite but I try to change my thought flow so that everything I have becomes a positive focus. I consciously meditate on being grateful for every daily blessing. Food, work, my home, my solitude, my time with friends etc. Even being lost...that indicates that a change will come. Nothing stays the same for ever, everything flows forward.

That's just me but I find those things have helped over my life.
 
Hmm. I guess as one ages, the novelty of life kinda wears off.

I don't have time to be bored.

Full time IT work.
A computer hobby continually playing with Linux and to a lesser extent Windows.
Supporting the Porsche shop and their PCs with much the same.
Supporting the local Porsche club keeping their web site up to date.
Looking forward to the coming track season with the Porsche.
Picked up a new hobby in firearms in the last 2 years, Glock and AR.
If at home, typically have some news or documentary on the TV while I'm playing with the computers or posting here (sometimes all 3 at the same time).
 
SDET said:
No, I'm just lost and don't know how to find a good direction at the moment.
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Just pick one. It could be wrong, but you'll correct that in short order and move in another. If you have faith in nothing else, have a little faith in yourself.
 
eohrnberger said:
Hmm. I guess as one ages, the novelty of life kinda wears off.

I don't have time to be bored.

Full time IT work.
A computer hobby continually playing with Linux and to a lesser extent Windows.
Supporting the Porsche shop and their PCs with much the same.
Supporting the local Porsche club keeping their web site up to date.
Looking forward to the coming track season with the Porsche.
Picked up a new hobby in firearms in the last 2 years, Glock and AR.
If at home, typically have some news or documentary on the TV while I'm playing with the computers or posting here (sometimes all 3 at the same time).
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The full time IT work is the biggest contributor to my boredom/hopelessness. I'm on a team where nothing is allowed to be implemented unless first consulting with the someone who works for the offshore/H1B consulting company. It's not by design, but by practice. The consulting company is VERY proficient at information hoarding and protecting their turf from full time employees. I have started the process of transitioning into Data Science. An area recruiting company had a combination workshop/sales pitch about Data Science. The Indian presenter said "If you know the tools, it's ok if you don't know much about the mathematics" (WTF?). I enjoy the intellectual rigor that comes with Software Architecture and Data Science. It seems that like with more and more organizations, the expectation is to shoehorn yourself into the "copy-and-paste" programming culture. I sometimes wonder if I will ever find a team that isn't corrupted by the disease "offshore-itis".
 
SDET said:
There's nothing "wrong" with my life, I'm just bored and don't see anything on the horizon to look forward to.
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The horizon is not going to come looking for you. You have to go find it. Figure out what you want to do next, then do it.
 
SDET said:
The full time IT work is the biggest contributor to my boredom/hopelessness. I'm on a team where nothing is allowed to be implemented unless first consulting with the someone who works for the offshore/H1B consulting company. It's not by design, but by practice. The consulting company is VERY proficient at information hoarding and protecting their turf from full time employees. I have started the process of transitioning into Data Science. An area recruiting company had a combination workshop/sales pitch about Data Science. The Indian presenter said "If you know the tools, it's ok if you don't know much about the mathematics" (WTF?). I enjoy the intellectual rigor that comes with Software Architecture and Data Science. It seems that like with more and more organizations, the expectation is to shoehorn yourself into the "copy-and-paste" programming culture. I sometimes wonder if I will ever find a team that isn't corrupted by the disease "offshore-itis".
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Keep going in your transition into Data Science. While I disagree with the Indian present saying "If you know the tools, it's ok if you don't know much about the mathematics", I think it'd be far better to understand the mathematics behind the software tools. Perhaps pick up a nigh course or two that would give you that. On a resume, it'll show initiative, continued education, etc. All selling points to get to your next, and hopefully better, position.

'"copy-and-paste" programming culture' doesn't work. Anyone who believes it doesn't know WTF they are talking about, and you should distance yourself from them.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
When I get in a rut and the usual tv watching or book reading doesn't appeal to me I go sky diving. I promise you, when you jump out of a plane 2 miles up and begin plummeting to the earth at 120 mph, you will NOT be bored.

If I want something a bit less intense but still adventurous I go SCUBA diving, but that is much more geographically dependent.
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Skydiving is on my bucket list.
 
SDET said:
There's nothing "wrong" with my life, I'm just bored and don't see anything on the horizon to look forward to.
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Do you have kids and or grandkids? Go visit em if you do. Are you married, if so go do the things you used to do. The Mrs and I have been doing the empty nest thing for a couple of years now, tis awesome to go and redo some of the things we did 30 years ago.
 
SDET said:
There's nothing "wrong" with my life, I'm just bored and don't see anything on the horizon to look forward to.
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Accept a challenge. Most highly successful people are risk takers. Taking on big challenges, ones that involve risk are very motivating because they involve risk of loss if they are not completed successfully. The most alive you will ever feel is when you are motivated to succeed by the fear of losing something valuable to you. Being bored is a function of playing it safe.
 
The OP is boring me so I will not revisit this meaningless thread.
 
Do volunteer work, adopt two cats, and read Seneca's letters.
 
jdog said:
Accept a challenge. Most highly successful people are risk takers. Taking on big challenges, ones that involve risk are very motivating because they involve risk of loss if they are not completed successfully. The most alive you will ever feel is when you are motivated to succeed by the fear of losing something valuable to you. Being bored is a function of playing it safe.
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OR being content...
 
calamity said:
I found this sort of thing--debating--to really fill in the void. It also helps me get along better with my wife because I no longer argue with her about stuff. I just come here when I am in a mood to pick fights.
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:lol: That is what brought me to DP 12 years ago...
 
Skeptic Bob said:
When I get in a rut and the usual tv watching or book reading doesn't appeal to me I go sky diving. I promise you, when you jump out of a plane 2 miles up and begin plummeting to the earth at 120 mph, you will NOT be bored.

If I want something a bit less intense but still adventurous I go SCUBA diving, but that is much more geographically dependent.
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I've done that (both actually) and the problem is, it's over in an instant and really isn't something you can do constantly. So you're right back to being bored.
 
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