Boredom is a Burden
According to the Time Magazine article “6 Secrets You Can Learn from the Happiest People on Earth,” The happiest people are those that are very busy but don’t feel rushed: . . . Too much time is a burden: . . . surveys “continue to show the least happy group to be those who quite often have excess time.” Boredom, it seems, is burdensome. So what do you need to be doing? Things you’re good at. “Signature strengths” are the things you are uniquely talented at — and using them brings you joy. People who deliberately exercised their signature strengths on a daily basis became significantly happier for months.
NOTE: Jump into life with two feet. My mom lived into her 80″s and she was never bored. She worked in a shoe factory until she was 82. And, she loved to bake cookies. She baked them for family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors. Baking cookies was her signature strength. She wasn’t educated in the formal sense, but she knew that it was healthier to stay busy than be bored.
