Steth Laws

Are you bored !!!

We all get bored frequently, right ? !!

Especially during this time of physical distancing, sadly it is not expecting to be away anytime soon. Boredom is like a clean slate, a mental state that we choose to avoid self reflection. It is our unused potential actually !! A study published in the journal SCIENCE showed what people opt out of two choices given to them - do nothing or self administer mild electric shocks after getting bored for some time. The result was astonishing, two-third of men and one-fourth of women chose to shock themselves rather than be bored ! It's quite normal that we dislike boredom. But let's analyze the positive vibes of being bored rather than it's negative impacts. Is it possible to be both bored and happy at the same time ? Science says YES. Because it's always advisable to let our minds wander every once in a while. It is essential to allow our brain to carry or host deep thoughts in what area we are interested, shall enable honest emotions and nostalgic memories in you. It can pave way to creative ideas to be explored later. We should unlock these hidden elements in us by making our boredom as a tool to explore our deepest internal emotions, without hurting anyone. Just bore...let your brain think wild in its own way without censoring. It will help us to get more connected with our surroundings and world. Eventhough boredom is overlooked in psychology for centuries, it is not an overstudied area like stress or else. It is either good or bad, a confusing moment especially amid pandemic with a plenty of options in social medias, publishing endless things in "to do" list !! Either boredom can increase obesity, smoking or crime?? one can take Issac Newton's approach - during great plague of London in 1665, he used his social distancing to discuss calculus and gravity. But we all are not like Newton...we are we, having our own ideas, circumstances and living !! As per experts, when the brain gets bored, it is in a magical stage finding connections explicitly, devising ideas and making vibrant plans even it works or not ! Remember it's good to be bored..for those crazy hidden state of thoughts...inside you...to analyse yourselves and to find the inner you. Boredom is a powerful tool that invites you to bound your relation with this world. So when you find yourselves with nothing to do....go and get bored.

Then you can stop looking for light and can be the one instead !!