Nowadays, with the advancement of technology, the ability to distract ourselves is right at our fingertips. Gone are the days where you would have to tolerate boredom, and our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter because of how much technology we use. Constantly distracting yourself prevents you from gaining more awareness of your thoughts, so today I want to show you just how powerful it can be to learn to tolerate boredom.
As a culture, death is something that isn’t talked about openly, so we tend to shove down or push away the truth of our progression from birth to death, and the fact that our deaths are inevitable. It’s the one thing that we are guaranteed, and yet, we operate under this illusion that we have full control over our bodies and how long we live. With the existence of a new threat to our physical health, this reality is forcing us to see that we don’t have full control, and my goal today is to help you find the peace and calm that is available to you right now in this pandemic.
How do you handle boredom? Most of us try to escape boredom by distracting ourselves with food or booze or Netflix or even the news. Our brains would choose just about anything over boredom, even anxiety! But what exactly is boredom, and what’s so scary about it? It may surprise
We always get to look for opportunities in any circumstance, and the same is true of money. Whatever your thoughts were about money and your ability to make it before the virus hit are still the same thought patterns today. Just because the headlines and social media might be mirroring your beliefs about money doesn’t mean they’re objective or true, and taking control of your thinking is going to help you create results you actually want during this time.
I’ve discussed here in previous episodes about how our brains love being efficient and so the thoughts that you think repeatedly start happening constantly and unconsciously. The same is true in our bodies, which can be proven by muscle memory. These ingrained thoughts become a mental habit, and so no matter the circumstance, virus or no virus, they’re running the same way.
Many people have no idea what they truly want because there’s an added element of considering what they “should” do or what is expected of them to do. Once thought work is added into the mix, it can add another layer of confusion because the understanding that thoughts are optional makes it even more difficult to identify what you really want.