Ep 79. Beating Boredom

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Today we’re exploring a universal experience that often gets a bad rap: boredom. Picture this – it’s a lazy afternoon, the clock is ticking slowly, and you find yourself staring at the ceiling, unsure of how to fill the time. Maybe you have so much going on that your brain shorts out for a while. So you avoid everything and boredom from the monotony of your routine sets in. It’s a mental state we’ve all encountered, and while it may seem mundane, boredom shapes our lives in surprising ways. We’ll go through it all. 

To Determine Intimacy

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It’s not time or opportunity that determines intimacy; it’s disposition alone. 7 years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, & 7 days are more than enough for others.

Happiness Is A Choice

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Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up, and choose to be happy. ~ Lucy Lawless

Failure and Frustration

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I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. ~ Tony Robbins

You Don’t Have To Sit On It

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Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it. ~ Joyce Meyer

Remaining Positive

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One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strain of life to get the better of us…

Future Me

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Want to be more productive? Create a separate “Future Me” identity, and go out of your way to do nice things for them. When you don’t feel like doing something (going to work, dishes, exercising) think to yourself, “I’ll do this for Future Me.” It’ll change your mindset and help to get things done.