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Do You Know Boredom?


I cannot recall ever being bored – ever. That is why I guess when I hear someone say they are bored I cannot really understand where they are coming from. Ever so often I tend to hear people under the age of 30 complain about being bored I cannot understand. In fact I find it weird, especially given that there are just so many more ways to entertain yourself these days than when I was in my 20s. 

Even as a child growing up in Jamaica, I never had time to be bored. Apart from helping with chores, we went hunting lizards (being a girl, I caught my lizards and screamed for the boys to come get them), bird hunting, playing cricket or marbles and climbing trees. In addition I loved to read so I spent lots of time reading, especially after I started developing and my brother, Henry, my main playmate back then decided that I couldn’t play with the boys anymore.

Now with videogames, smartphones, iPods, iPads, Internet and more ways to read books than could ever have been imagined – how can anyone be bored? My biggest problem is and always has been not having enough time to experience and do all the things I want to do. My list of must watch movies and books to read is now ridiculous, and unless I get rich and stop working I doubt I’ll get to them all. 

My flower garden is a mess and my vegetable seeds have not yet been planted because of limited time. Not to mention having to take every minute I can find to write, write and read! So, do you understand boredom?

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