Boredom is Ignorance

When I was a kid, I remember often telling my mother, "I'm bored, Mom."  She would almost always tell me, "Go read a book."  And I would roll my eyes and dramatically pivot away from her, re-enter my room and ponder what else I could do, besides read.  Sadly, I always found reading to be boring or maybe more lonely than anything.  I was an only child and preferred playing with other kids or doing anything to get out of the house and explore.  


Fast-forward 30 years, and I still find myself thinking, I'm bored.  I'm bored with work. I'm bored with Houston. I'm bored with the restaurants.  I'm bored with the heat.  I'm bored with running.  And really, with a life full of possibilities, how can one ever be bored? Boredom is truly ignorance.  It is a choice one makes as an excuse for complacency or lack of creative thought.  Laziness, really.  Last week, the yoga teacher brought up boredom on the mat, and I thought, can she hear my thoughts? Crap. 

Boredom is unnecessary, so I have decided to enthusiastically embrace it and blog about various things I am doing to make life fun.  Then, maybe, you will agree and try it, too.  I have been talking about creating a blog forever, so I am just going to do it, starting tonight. What the hell.  Who cares if no one reads it.  My husband and I love to cook, run, travel, listen to live music, eat and drink, so I hope to share our journey in both words and pictures.

Now, go read a book.

Admittedly, I am reading a book.  Like many women in America, I am reading Fifty Shades of Grey and have made it to the second book.  For those of you who have shared book club with me and experienced my love-hate relationship with reading realize me reading the second book is a big deal. It means I read the first one.  It was the first book I have finished in a while.  Actually, Brian gave me a Kindle last Christmas, and it was my first full book to read on it.  Pathetic, huh?  I am notorious for starting books, and you guessed it, becoming bored.  So anyway, I am going to get back to book two and see what position Ana is in now.

Cheers!      

A Glimpse into My Sense of Humor, Chicago 2009