What bores you?

It takes a lot to bore me. Typically, I challenge myself to get through tedious tasks or chores. Normally I always have something to do or think about, so I find myself being distracted more than bored.

I will say that people who waste my time are probably the most boring. Meetings that could have been emails. Needlessly embellishing stories when the audience is already finding it difficult to keep listening.

I think I am most bored when I am stuck in a waiting room, not knowing when an appointment will begin or end. In this weird space of time and place where I do not want to start anything I will not be able to finish. When I take others to appointments, I always bring a task with me that I can start and stop easily. Like clearing out the photos out of my phone.

Boredom really tends to come when you are forced into being somewhere and not being allowed to do anything else. Like waiting in the car for your child to come out after practice. I should not do something on my phone because I am behind the wheel. I need to pay attention to other cars, parents, and students around me. Yet I am stuck here waiting until my child can be bothered to get in the car.

I will say that nothing puts me to sleep faster than talk radio. I have never been able to stand it. My partner likes to listen when he drives while I prefer music. I will be out in minutes in the car listening to people talk about nothing. Again, not bored. Filling my time with much needed sleep.