Boredom

I'm staying home this summer, and I'm compiling a list of all the things I should do. Unlike most people who stay at home during the summer, I have no thoughts about being bored.

I get frustrated with people who say, "I'm going home for the summer and working. I'm going to be sooooo bored." My first thought is that these people don't like to read because if you love books you are rarely bored when you have free time and most readers have imaginations and imaginations assuage boredom. My second thought is that they want to be entertained without any thinking or work on their part. My third thought is that I have little time or sympathy for people who say that.

I'm already composing lists of what I want to read, who I need and want to see and spend time with, things to blog about, movies to see, discussions to have, room projects to complete, general life projects to finish that I've been putting off for two three years because of time, and work on personal goals that need more focused time. I've already started sketching out my summer schedule so I don't waste my time and achieveing those personal goals can be reality.

People who say, "I'm going to be sooooo bored" need entertainment handed to them all the time. Activities all planned out, all their friends always around them, movies right by, malls and shopping centers in close proximity, and amusement and theme parks not far away. To have fun, they must always be going somewhere and doing something extraordinary.

Life is not here to sit around and twiddle our thumbs. We're supposed to be busy doing what God wants us to do. Summer shouldn't be wasted sleeping and being bored because no entertainment is brought right to us. Use your imagination, look at your life, and see what needs to be put in order. Use the time to prepare for your next step in life. Use the time to invest in people. Use the time. Don't waste it being bored.

My summer is going to be filled with work at a grocery store, gardening, weeding, food shopping, cooking, cleaning, reading, Praxis 2, education portfolio, Spanish learning, talking, emailing, blogging, church, and church activities, Bible study, printing pictures, putting said pictures in albums, organizing my storage containers, filling my storage containers, watching movies, putting my books in a database, plus family and friend time, and a road trip to North Carolina. There's no way I can possibly be bored this summer.

When I look at my summer, I see opportunity. When you look at your summer at home, do you see opportunity or boredom?