Comments on: The Joy of Boredom http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/ reb•e•lu•tion (reb’el lu shen) n. a teenage rebellion against low expectations Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Willian Vandygriff http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-1265601 Willian Vandygriff Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:59 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-1265601 Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It in reality was a leisure account it. Look advanced to more added agreeable from you! By the way, how could we keep up a correspondence? Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It in reality was a leisure account it. Look advanced to more added agreeable from you! By the way, how could we keep up a correspondence?

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]]> By: Amanda http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-208192 Amanda Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:34:18 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-208192 I know what it feels like to hear "The Call of the Internet". That is really the main reason I gave it up for Lent. And I didn't really mind after a while. I started reading a lot of books again. And now Lent is over, I have my mom, two sisters, and a self-created schedule to keep me off all of the time. My family does not have cabel, and non of us have cell phones, iPods or any thing like that. It's great! Sometimes while washing the dishes or cleaning I like to listen to music, but most times I prefer talking and laughing with my sisters, or just thinking. It actually can be quite relaxing... so realaxing in fact that I have to remind myself that the dishes can't take all night! So today I was sort of bored, my mom was on the computer, so instead, I wrote poetry. (Something I really enjoy doing.) That was the first time I decided to write when I was bored, and I found I liked it better then if I had been able to sit at the computer. Then I got writers block and there was food majorly burning in the kitchen so there went the burning.... I mean boredom! Actually, I hadn't thought about studying Scripture when I was bored, so thanks for the idea! I know what it feels like to hear “The Call of the Internet”. That is really the main reason I gave it up for Lent. And I didn’t really mind after a while. I started reading a lot of books again. And now Lent is over, I have my mom, two sisters, and a self-created schedule to keep me off all of the time. My family does not have cabel, and non of us have cell phones, iPods or any thing like that. It’s great!
Sometimes while washing the dishes or cleaning I like to listen to music, but most times I prefer talking and laughing with my sisters, or just thinking. It actually can be quite relaxing… so realaxing in fact that I have to remind myself that the dishes can’t take all night!
So today I was sort of bored, my mom was on the computer, so instead, I wrote poetry. (Something I really enjoy doing.) That was the first time I decided to write when I was bored, and I found I liked it better then if I had been able to sit at the computer. Then I got writers block and there was food majorly burning in the kitchen so there went the burning…. I mean boredom!

Actually, I hadn’t thought about studying Scripture when I was bored, so thanks for the idea!

]]> By: Catherine http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-207903 Catherine Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:43:19 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-207903 Thanks so much for this post! As someone who is extrememely paraniod about wasting a minute of her life (a good thing), this same someone often gets very frustrated when she seems to be doing nothing and instead tries to fill every minute with something (a bad thing). Thanks for reminding me that God often uses the "bored" moments to show me something of Himself. "Be still, and know that I am God." Psalms 46:somewhere Thanks so much for this post! As someone who is extrememely paraniod about wasting a minute of her life (a good thing), this same someone often gets very frustrated when she seems to be doing nothing and instead tries to fill every minute with something (a bad thing). Thanks for reminding me that God often uses the “bored” moments to show me something of Himself. “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalms 46:somewhere

]]> By: Bekah http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-206492 Bekah Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:37:18 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/03/the-joy-of-boredom/#comment-206492 I really enjoyed this post. I am interested in writing a speech about how technology can actually interefere with the ability to think deeply so this will be a great resource! 1. When was the last time you were really, truly bored? What happened? The last time I was bored was when I was at a cleaning job. I practiced my forensics pieces. 2. What “mental snacks” do you use to avoid boredom? Do they really work? Editing movies, calling friends, checking e-mail, etc. These activities get me focused on something positive, so for the most part they keep me from being bored. 3. What lifestyle changes can you make to harness the power of boredom? I need to make quiet times more of a priority in my life so that I can truly analyze thoughts and think clearly about decisions rather than rushing off to the next thing. 4. Where is the balance between using technology and being controlled by it? I think that if you are e-mailing people because you want to maintain a friendship, then technology is a tool. But if you are addicted to it, like “I have to check my e-mail five times a day or I will die!” then it definitely has become a negative thing. I realized recently that there are many more important things for me to do rather than constantly checking e-mail or surfing the internet (such as read the Bible and other Christian books). So I want to make sure that technology is always a tool in my life...not something that controls me. I really enjoyed this post. I am interested in writing a speech about how technology can actually interefere with the ability to think deeply so this will be a great resource!
1. When was the last time you were really, truly bored? What happened? The last time I was bored was when I was at a cleaning job. I practiced my forensics pieces.
2. What “mental snacks” do you use to avoid boredom? Do they really work? Editing movies, calling friends, checking e-mail, etc. These activities get me focused on something positive, so for the most part they keep me from being bored.
3. What lifestyle changes can you make to harness the power of boredom? I need to make quiet times more of a priority in my life so that I can truly analyze thoughts and think clearly about decisions rather than rushing off to the next thing.
4. Where is the balance between using technology and being controlled by it? I think that if you are e-mailing people because you want to maintain a friendship, then technology is a tool. But if you are addicted to it, like “I have to check my e-mail five times a day or I will die!” then it definitely has become a negative thing. I realized recently that there are many more important things for me to do rather than constantly checking e-mail or surfing the internet (such as read the Bible and other Christian books). So I want to make sure that technology is always a tool in my life…not something that controls me.

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