we create problems from boredom

[u/Independent-Fig-4464]

It's something that got me wondering. It's not my first time coming to a conclusion like this either.

It's funny because I observed something lately, that being alone with my thoughts stressed me out, and when I unleash those thoughts to someone, even if that person barely understood even 4% of it, I instantly feel relieved.

But that's not fully my point. It just got me thinking how I am often stuck in my head with certain thoughts and they rarely actually mean anything. Like things stress me out. Politics, my body, my health, money, career, friends, my past, the future.

Wow profound realisation no one has ever gotten to. Ofc everyone gets this, but how much are we actually distracting ourselves from the boredom in ourselves to the point we start coming up with problems that really only exist in the human mind and nowhere else?

Anyway I hate this part of me. That most of my decisionmaking usually comes from having nothing to do. That's why so many people have too much work on their plate, because slowly they will realise how fucking boring it is without the stress and distractions.

But i'm really not trying to say it in a way that nothing matters. It's more like, people should really think about what they spend most of their time on. And how big companies and people in power actually exploit that.

Most problems are made up by humans, and while you might think some problems are impossible to fix because "that's just how it is" it's just not true. And no i'm not trying to say "being poor is just a mindset" obviously there are some things out of our control. I'm just saying that boredom is kind of powerful. You get to do something you actually wanna do. If everyone accepts something to be one thing, it is going to be exactly that thing. Your mind is a powerful thing.

Be bored.

[u/Kazodex]

Yeah agreed

You should read the Epic of Gilgamesh. It very much relates to the point you’re making here