Many people today never let themselves be bored. But when you’re always entertained you miss out on valuable opportunities to learn about yourself and discover fulfilling ways to spend your time.
Through learning about the benefits of boredom, you can feel motivated to seek it out.
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Understanding the Value of Hobbies
Hobbies are excellent ways to spend your time because they enable you to spend your time in ways that are replenishing and give you the opportunity to feel proud of yourself while developing skills and internal tools.
By understanding the value of hobbies, you can feel more motivated to try them.
Common but Unhelpful Self-Improvement Advice
There are plenty of experts and influencers who claim to know the best ways to make personal improvements. While some of their recommendations can be helpful, a great deal of this advice recommends unsustainable methods that set you up for failure. Avoiding these can help you make sustainable changes in a positive way.
Adopting a Positive Perspective of Anxiety
When you feel anxious, what sort of messages do you send yourself? Are you more likely to pay attention to your anxiety or suppress it? How does anxiety…
What Makes Goals Valuable
What do you take into consideration when you give yourself a goal? How do you decide what you want to accomplish? What about goals makes you feel successful…
What Stress is and How to Manage It
Do you feel tense, anxious, and/or overwhelmed more often than not? Are there ongoing challenges or circumstances that make your life more difficult than you would like it…
Recognising Perfectionism and Learning How to Change
Do you tend to spend more time and energy than you have trying to make things flawless? Are you sensitive to criticism and feel upset when met with…
7 Subtle But Common Qualities of A Toxic Work Environment
Do you work for a company where you feel unappreciated, mistreated, and generally uneasy? Do you dread going to work more often than not? Are you struggling with…
Slip-Ups Happen: Understanding their role in growth
Have you thought you were doing a good job at building a habit or quitting an unhealthy behaviour only to – almost accidentally – go back to your…
5 Important Qualities of Leadership
While there are many different ways to be an effective leader, there are five qualities I think are the most important for people in leadership positions to have.