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Getting comfortable with boredom is a good skill to develop

It's an acquired skill for sure, but one worth developing.

Mr. Invisible said:
Reminds of the quote:

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." - Blaise Pascal
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SDET said:
I have a rather undemanding job these days that serves my purposes and it pays well. I have no interest in switching. I don't have the pressing desire to study hard for the time being. I will be going on a nice vacation in January, but that's January. I'm remembering something my old man used to get annoyed about, but now I understand. He would say "can't you just sit"? You don't always have to be doing something. Sitting on the back porch and just observing and hearing without thinking of anything has its value. I think it's time to learn to appreciate what my old man was talking about.
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Naps are a nicer way to deal with it than remembering my fathering taunting me about something or the other.
 
Drawdown said:
Naps are a nicer way to deal with it than remembering my fathering taunting me about something or the other.
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Was that (or the other) about shooting off mouth over things one knows nothing about? :lol:
 
Oddly, the older I got, the smarter my old man became.

Drawdown said:
Naps are a nicer way to deal with it than remembering my fathering taunting me about something or the other.
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SDET said:
Oddly, the older I got, the smarter my old man became.
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I was being light-hearted. Growing up, my dad was always working it seemed except Sundays, Thanksgiving/Christmas, and the first week of August when pretty much our entire city cleared out on vacation. We pretty much had to figure out how to do things on on our own. Sounds worse than it was I suppose. He wasn't particularly anal about anything and you learn to do a lot when you have to figure it out on your own. If he came home and we had decided to paint the house ten different colors, he would have just shaken his head, laughed, and walked inside.
 
Boredom is one of the best gifts you can give to kids these days. Without access to TV and tablets and phones and xboxes, they whine and wail and then eventually, if you wait it out long enough, start doing some really crazy, amazing stuff.

At least, that's been my experience.
 
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