Anxiety

Oh dear oh dear! Another odd title but this one will make you laugh. I spent most of yesterday wracking my brain trying to come up with a topic to blog about. The result was a non-starter and so January already has a hole in its record. I will give up on trying to blog every day unless I have something meaningful to write about. Some days the creative juices just ain’t there!

Today I thought perhaps I could talk a bit about boredom because I think a great many people suffer from it and I find myself at a loss in understanding it. I don’t think I have ever been bored in my life! Even though I may not do a whole lot on a given day I find my brain is always active and I can always find something to occupy my brain if not my body. If I am not actually doing one of my hobbies I am thinking about them; such as trying to create in my mind a new style of cards, a painting or drawing, a blog or a journal entry. There are always books to look at, there is my Open Yale courses to listen to, and there are tons of documentaries and news journals to watch on TV. There is my blessed mother to talk to you, reminisce with and sometimes even argue with (friendly arguments, just so you don’t think I am a bully of elderly folks!). There is always something on my mind (is that a song?) J

If a person is bored even before they retire I shudder to think what their life will be like in retirement. So a word of caution – start finding something that you can be passionate about, and if you can find more than one thing even better! Don’t get scattered and distracted by too many things but find those you love the most and go for it! Don’t spend your time in the mall shopping with dollars you don’t have!

And that’s all I have to say about that (for now). J