I’m Bored – I Have Too Much to Do

I remember my kids favorite complaint – “I’m bored. There’s nothing to do.” And I echoed my mother – “Go bang your head against the wall.” Today I think there’s too much to do. The Internet has given us non-boredom overload. We actually have to pull ourselves away from communication (instant messaging, email, efaxes – and spam), games, entertainment, information - blogs. Our bodies are becoming shaped like chairs – big, wide bottoms and necks permanently tilted,
I started thinking about this in two veins - in the context of politics and in the context of ‘being known.’ In terms of politics – actually, news in general – how can we tell what’s true? True is a funny word, given that truth is subjective. Fair reporting has to be enough. But – what’s fair? And how can we tell? I watched the Democratic Convention by alternating between Cspan, cable news networks and the networks. Whjat I watched on Cspan was not reported. I got instant opinion on the cable channels and sound bites on the networks. People did not get the convention and it was useful – even important – to have gotten it. We don’t get reality – we get ‘about-reality’ – someone else’s reality as if it were the reality.
Here’s the other thing – When you can know everything, you know nothing. We are born with the capacity for habit --- but we have to learn the capacity to discriminate. How can anything gain access to people’s eyes and ears? (Of course, I really mean – How can I win your eyes?) So I will shamelessly ask that you tell your networks to read this and to check out www.1stClassCoaching.com.And I promise to give value for your attention.