Steemit Engagement Challenge - S6W2: My Antidote to Boredom

It's a pleasure participating in a contest that is aimed at seeing us discuss our reactions to a certain state of being. And today, I will be discussing a few things about boredom, its causes, how I manage the condition, and so on.

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Let's start the discussion with the meaning of boredom which simply means the state of being bored and when you are bored, it means the current environment you find yourself or the activity you engage in is no longer interesting as such you are wearied and tired mentally which translates to boredom.

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It's natural for humans to feel bored because often time we find ourselves in a situation that doesn't align with our interests or forced task which can make us feel uninterested in the whole thing. You can feel bored at work, alone at home, and even with friends, what determines this is what is happening at that moment and how strongly it aligns with your interests.

• Involving in Uninteresting Activity: You tend to be bored if you are participating in activities which is of less interest to your personality.

• Participation in Forced Task: Sometimes, people are forced to take on some tasks and since it's outside their willingness/interest, they tend to get bored.

• Lack of Basic Amenities in the House: The unavailability of a power supply or Internet connection can contribute to boredom for an individual especially someone who bases his/her livelihood on these amenities.

• Wrong Gathering or Prolonged Waiting: Being in the wrong gathering can make one bored, likewise, waiting for something or someone for too long tend to make one bored.

• Eating Unhealthy or less Exercise: These can also contribute to boredom, not eating good food, and not exercising enough.

These are a few causes of boredom, while I try to keep it short more can still be added based on individuals and what affects them personally. But remember that being in an uninteresting place or performing an activity outside your interest is one of the first few things that causes boredom.

The first thing to discuss here is what actually takes me to a state of boredom frequently. Something must have initiated it and that's what I will talk about.

• Thinking about some burdens and how I have not been able to solve them over the years.

• Performing an activity outside my interest or if within my interest, I'm just mentally drained due to other factors. I slide into the realm of boredom this way.

• Lack of power supply or internet connection that had me put some works on hold.

Now, let's discuss how I overcome boredom.

Even though I love playing football games but when I'm really bored, I tend to lose concentration when playing the game and there is often a pain inside that forced me to put balls into my own net because everything seems uninteresting to me at that point.

That being said, the only thing that helps me to an extent is music and sometimes abnormally. A verse from a song written by one of my favorite Afro Pop stars, Fireboy DML in the track titled Airplane Mode says "I don't wanna see no message on phone, nothing dey do me you should know, I just feel like I should do this on my own" (written in pidgin and standard English).