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Submit to I am bored!
August 20th, 2010
Have something to share? Would you like to see it on I Am bored?
Go ahead and submit it here:
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Writers block? no more
February 12th, 2009
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Stop worrying
February 7th, 2009
Once acquired, the habit of worrying seems hard to stop. We’re raised to worry and aren’t considered “grown up” until we perfect the art. Teenagers are told: “you’d better start worrying about your future”. If your worries aren’t at least as frequent as your bowel movements, you’re seen as irresponsible, childish, aimless. That’s a “responsible adult” game rule.
To the extent that worrying is learned/conditioned behaviour, it can be undone. There are psychological gimmicks for undoing the worry habit. There are also obstacles.
Centuries-old cultural conditioning has given us a nasty neurosis: the belief that happiness must be “earned”. It can be “earned” only by enduring unpleasantness (eg work, pain, misery). But how do you know if you’ve endured enough unpleasantness to deserve happiness? Another unspoken game rule: “responsible adults” can never endure enough unpleasantness to truly deserve happiness.
Laid on top of the first neurosis is the idea that spending money will make you happy. This is toffee coating on a bad puritan apple. If you spend enough money to give you the (advertised) conditions for happiness, the neurosis emerges in the form of apparently random worries, guilt, “feeling shitty”, etc. Worrying is the easiest and most popular way to negate happiness. (See sidebar interlude).
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30 ways not to be boring.
February 7th, 2009
bored? here are ways you can learn not to be boring:
1. Avoid the Always/Notice the Never. Find out what people who do what you do ALWAYS do, then do the opposite. Similarly, find out what people who do what you do NEVER do, then do the opposite. Here’s a helpful video module with an exercise you can implement to make this practice happen. What are you currently doing that’s unpredictable?
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What do you want from Iambored.co.za?
January 21st, 2009
Welcome to I am bored. Help us.
Iambored.co.za has been going for almost 3 months now and we have been very impressed with the amount of visitors and popularity of it.
It is now time for us to ask you, our reader, what you want to see on Iambored.
You can email us at iamboredblog@gmail.com or post a comment and we will attemp to get it onto the blog for you.
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Writing tips
January 15th, 2009
Do you have a blog, not sure what to write? have writers block?
Here are some tips that will help you with your writing trouble:
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50 writing tools to help you write
November 12th, 2008
Have a blog or website? Need some help with a writing assignment? have a look at this and see if it will help you.
Come on, break your writers block.
Lifehack, 50 tools to help you write.
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