017 | Why Your Life is So Boring
To be an interesting person, you have to have interests.
You are living a boring life because you are a boring person. Living a boring life is not ok.
Have goals, have dreams, and try to reach them. Go do something even if it’s bad. We are being force-fed “slow living” propaganda and other media that tries to tell people that living a life that lacks anything that isn’t extreme comfort is enjoyable, when in fact it is the death of what makes us human. Stop trying to make every single part of your life “cozy” and do something.
I am not advising any extremes, but a healthy dose of curiosity that’s acted upon will make you feel more awake than any amount of rest days ever could. You can gain new perspectives, have something to talk about, expand your own views, and get to know yourself in a way that a life full of bumper lanes doesn’t allow. You can become interested in new things, which in turn will make you more interesting.
Living your life shows that you respect yourself and the limited time granted to us on earth.
Having the audacity to be confident in who you are, flawed and all, helps make life so much easier to explore. Going through the processes of becoming confident isn’t a vanity project, it’s a stepping stone to get the most of your experiences.
I’m not implying you have to travel the world and leave your job. You can stay right where you are for now if you need. Of course, if you can, travel and see the world and leave your job, that’s great, but at the minimum take full advantage of what your situation has to offer. I know not every life has endless and easy opportunities to end boredom, but a lack of ease is not an excuse. If you work all the time, change what you are listening to on your commute. Make it interesting, learn something. If I lived in bumblefuck, close to where I attended college, I would probably get chickens and learn to knit them sweaters. That’s what my grandma has done, who lives just north of bumblefuck. If you live at home with your parents and are laid off, that is the perfect time to get a library card.
Test out different ways of life and try things. Become vegan. Get really into the local choir. Watch movies from different countries, read news outlets from places you’ve never heard of, listen to music that no one else in your circle has heard before. Go out of your way to seek discomfort. When that all fails, start making those chicken sweaters and mail them to someone who owns chickens.
That is what makes a full life. That is what kills boring.