Is it boredom?
- Is it uncertainty about personal finances or jobs and no ability to do much about it?
- Is it frustration with our homes having become more places to eat/sleep than live?
- Is it inertia due to a lack of hobbies or creative outlets to help express emotions and needs?
- Is it grieving for the routines and habits that made our day feel 'normal?'
- Is it angst about not being able to help or be helped?
- Is it indifference to the pieces closest to us that loom larger without external distractions?
- Is it nervousness waiting and waiting ....?
I am feeling all these things. I am not bored. Plus, I'm sure there are more questions than I've listed above.
Clarifying a problem by asking questions - instead of jumping to solution - is a great mentoring technique. On a Zoom call last week, many folks were solving the "problem of boredom," suggesting activities and perspectives meant to keep the spirit alive.
Question "boredom;" address the root cause.
