Wow guys, it is JUNE.

June?!

Can you all believe just how fast Summer arrived? Where are we with our goals and evolving to become our better and best selves? This will be a whole other blog post but for now I hope you’ve been enjoying the better half of the year and have taken progress toward your dreams.

So, back to boredom.

According to the Googs (Google), boredom is, “…an emotional or psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is not interested in his or her surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious“.

A multitude of thoughts can cause boredom; here are a few common ones I hear:

• I already know what to expect at work
• There are no eligible people to date
• My partner is not as fun as s/he used to be
• I’ve done everything this city has to offer

Please know that boredom itself and/or the circumstances that cause boredom is certainly not to blame. Yes, I repeat, NOT to blame.

Boredom is a state or feeling that is caused purely by a thought. You can just as easily change the thoughts above to something much more positive and useful that would serve you such as:

• How can I challenge myself more at work?
• I wonder if there are other resources I can use to expand by dating network? What don’t I know?
• How can I show up in my relationship to add fun and new ideas?
• Is this true? Can I branch out of my usual hobbies and check out new companies, services, and neighborhoods that I might have looked over?

Now that you know YOU are the one in control and have eliminated any blame outside yourself, there are moments in our lives when we are called to expand and evolve, and yet our primitive minds are too comfortable with where we are. (You know EXACTLY who you are even without expanding on this further.)

This feeling of complacency often is accompanied by feelings of restlessness, anxiety, hopelessness, etc. and can often by eased by buffering ourselves in the form of over drinking, overeating, over spending, over internet-ing, etc.

However, buffering is a false positive. We know that already. Buffering only leads to short term pleasure and long term pain.

Instead, what our soul is longing for is expansion. We long for creativity, growth… and the constant evolution of who we are! Yet underneath all that we thought was “boredom”, fear is really holding us back.

The fear of what you say?

You tell me.

What is it your soul has been longing for? What do you dare not to dream? If you were granted as many wishes your heart desired, what would you wish for? What are you afraid to do? What are you afraid of?

Don’t use boredom as an excuse. Honor what you’re feeling and truly dig deep. What is boredom hiding for you?

My hope is that we build enough personal power to know deep down we can handle anything. And when we know we can handle anything… that’s when we can face any circumstance or emotion (such as boredom) and know we will come out the other side as a bigger, better, evolved human being.

Here’s to understanding boredom, and thanking it.

In wellness,

Susan

Susan is a Life Coach based in Seattle, WA. Her main focus is to coach people build a strong emotional container so that we can experience the fullness of life coming from a place of deep confidence. Susan also coaches clients looking to heal adrenal fatigue by using a mental meta-model aimed at breaking down old mental patterns and behaviors so that we can finally tap into our own personal power.

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