{"id":195409,"date":"2019-12-08T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=195409"},"modified":"2019-12-08T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T18:59:56","slug":"a-life-devoid-of-boredom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/08\/a-life-devoid-of-boredom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Life Devoid of Boredom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Choose fun:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What is the best life?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Boiling water \/\/ 60fps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the best life is a life devoid of boredom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why anti-boredom?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you avoid boredom, then naturally you do things which are fun for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what is ‘fun’?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Fun is challenging yourself<\/li>
  2. Fun is improvisational <\/li>
  3. Fun is challenging, difficult, and interesting.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Every child intuitively chases fun, but when we get older, the goal of society is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To subdue children into doing boring “adult-like” things. To withstand boredom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    And how do we get kids to deal with boredom? Punishment if they refuse to obey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So essentially we grow up thinking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To withstand boredom is virtuous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    But what if boredom were a vice? To engage in boring things is anti to our nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My solution? Choose fun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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