Mainly older people suffer it. Middle aged can too. Bored with life?
Ok, it's footy season and you have a chance to go to a final...been to one years ago and you see more of the action on TV and you dont have to put up with other spectators. You want a holiday and you can hook up the caravan and go somewhere but...well...you've been to all the good places around, been around Oz, what else is there to see? You want to watch the news....same old same old, Israel fighting the Palestinians as they have for decades....courts of injustice....murderers getting released on parole when they shouldnt be.....think I'lll walk around the house....must be the 10th time today. You want to buy an item at the shops....nah...will stay at home cause I might bump into someone I know and I'll have to chat.
I'm painting a pretty negative picture but in reality it happens to people every day. And this attitude is often not a chosen one, it just comes along. Becoming bored with life can easily lead to a mental imbalance. Dissatisfaction, little desire to pursue what you dont know and what you havent experienced can be the beginning of the end for some lost souls. So what is the remedy? That $64,000 question. Largely it depends on the person and what they have done in their lives. But here are some ideas-
-back to basics. When was the last time you valued a blooming flower, watching a sunset or sunrise, waited on a street corner for someone you could help across the bust intersection? Valuing those small thing we take for granted.
-captalising on your expertise. Most older people are expert on something. I know of a friend in his 70's in the country. He is a carpenter. He finally bit the bullet and joined the local 'mens shed'. His help has allowed several other men to make toys and wooden puzzles for kids. How many older women alone would love a carpenter to fix a door jam or screen door...all for a cuppa and a chat?
-Live in the city and have an open fire? Plan a firewood day. Check with a shire 150-200kms away where firewood is free. Take a picnic lunch. Fill up your trailer. Take your thermas.
-City dwellers...have you ever wanted to live in the country? Now might be the time. If you have been there done that and havent lived in the country then I dont think you have "been there done that". Find a regional town about 3-4,000 people.
Others can add to the list. But to be stuck in that "been there done that" mentality is not a good one. Get up and do something....keep rolling...
WK
