People say that doing volunteering
work in developing countries changes you. I can´t say I’ve changed (at least
not yet). But can certainly say that I’ve became much more aware of who I am -
and that’s because of “The Holy Trinity
of Inactivity”.
I’ve recently read an article with
an extraordinary title - The Holy Trinity ofInactivity: How Boredom, Distraction, and Procrastination Are Vital to HealthyLiving.
I have to admit that the
reason why I started reading it in the first place was because I couldn´t
understand how the idea presented in the title could be true! Even while I was
going through the article I thought that it was a non-sense idea.
Until I got to the last paragraph:
“We can't be inactive
all the time, but it's a task we're losing touch with. Like all things, it's
about balance, but the next time you're sitting at the bus stop, consider
leaving your phone in your pocket. Take a walk without those headphones now and
again. Procrastinate on your decisions for a couple of days. A lot of things in
life happen at warp speed and you can't do anything about it, but a few moments
each day can help you better understand the world.”
That’s when I had my “wow” moment: that is so absolutely true!
In the past 7 weeks I’ve leant more about myself and about what I want
for my future than I have in the past few years. And that’s because I’ve been forced
to be bored. Not bored with the connotation that we are used to use; not bored
in the sense that “I want to go home because there is nothing going on here”. “Bored”
here means that my mind is not focused and occupied with something like it
usually is.
The interesting is that
even when forced to be “bored” I try to escape from it. I have no books left to
read so when I have internet I open several tabs with articles, copy them to a
word document so that I can read when I’m “bored” without internet.
But then it happens that
sometimes there is no electricity! I look around and there is nothing to do. So
I simply walk around or just lay in my bed. That’s when I’m definitely forced
to be “bored” - thoughts pop up like pop corns and I reach conclusions about things
that I’ve been thinking for years.
We want to know so much
about the others and about the world but so little about ourselves – how much
time do we spend reading the news, watching TV and reading articles, and how
much time do we spend thinking about ourselves?
It’s because I’ve been bored that I’ve became more aware of myself – I’ve
been forced to give myself time to think about me.
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