Feeling Bored Is Completely Normal

You can not avoid feeling bored. You can not. That is an impossible mission. Even James Bond can not do that. I know that because James Bond is my cousin. Believe me, okay?

People put lions in those motivational videos. I do not like lions, by the way. Those lions can not motivate me to wake up at 5 AM. They can not.

Stoicism videos put some jacked guys. Trust me, you will not become wise in a day or even in 10 minutes. You can not. If that is possible, we will not have so many stupid people on the internet. Am I right?

As you know now, we live in a time when people want you to be strong to the point that feeling weak is wrong. Weakness is not a false thing to have. We need weaknesses. You may say, "Vanza, we should not show our weaknesses." Well, that is not possible. Whatever you do, you show your weaknesses. Trying to be perfect, you get stressed. You feel scared to make mistakes. That is bad. Even worse, you still ended up producing imperfect work.

Do you breathe? That is a weakness. Imagine how many micro living beings—like viruses—are in the air, and you suck those creatures into your body. You may get sick if you have a weak immune system. And here is the one-million-dollar wisdom: being sick once in a while does not mean you are weak. That means you are just a human. Again, you are just a human. Don't you understand that?

When you feel bored with whatever you are doing, you are normal. You are doing great. Allow yourself to feel bored. That is totally fine. Do not force yourself to get excited every time you wake up. You do not have to be excited.

For sure, I want to wake up feeling excited every morning. I want to immediately feel happy and excited to learn new CSS features. I want to feel excited to write articles. But I can not demand to always feel like that. I can not. I should not, either.

I understand that some people on social media present themselves as high-energy person. They get excited all the time. They post regularly. But those posts do not present them as a whole person. You do not know whether they are in a bad mood. They do not show that, and we do not need to know that. But we need to know that they are humans too. They are the same as us. We all experience ups and downs.

The point is that you should not demonize boredom. The reason is simple: all feelings are temporary. They will go away. They will come again. If you hate feeling bored, you waste your energy on something that will go away.

Welcome the boredom. Continue your activity. Expect the best from yourself.

Let me know what you think. Otherwise, I will feel bored if I do not see your comments. Thank you!