Lately I was reading some posts on the subject of boredom. A person who calls himself a corporate slave had posted about his dead-end job and how he felt demotivated. There were lot of comments on that topic with some really insightful ones providing help. All that deep discussion really made me ponder over the subject...
Ever since the pandemic made home-birds out of all of us, boredom and fatigue have been a regular concern for people around us. Wake up, think what to make or have for breakfast, zomato or swiggy, or if there are no morning calls then pull out the inner home-goddess in you and make an omelette or Upma. Then back to the laptop...till its time for lunch....again back to work...evening...time to make tea....again back to work....laptop always remains open till its weekend. If you are one of those health conscious types, then of course you carve out some time in your daily schedule to move those adipose tissue to get a sense of accomplishment. Copy this routine for two long years. It would be enough to drive any sensible person insane. Now that we are almost out of the pandemic, the new world of work seems bizarre to say the least. Why are there so many cars on the road, why are people not coming to office, where are they actually going, why restaurant food feels so good, why the resorts in all hill stations are overbooked, why have the airline fares gone astronomically high...All minds and bodies are totally out of sync with the new ways of the world. Just last week, I was in office and talking to two of my colleagues. In the middle of the conversation, when one of them went silent, I caught myself saying, "Can you hear me?!" And then I realised, this is not a Teams call but real F2F conversation, why the hell am I saying, "Can you hear me?" Lolz! And we all burst out in laughter.
I find myself making elaborate plans for Friday evening, and then change my mind when I see the season 2 of "Bollywood celebrity housewives" got released on Netflix. Somehow the world on the screen seems more tempting to experience rather than the real world outside. I just made some Ginger tea and now sipping it with Good day biscuits...Netflix is on and the overladen skies promise me some incoming showers. Life is good, and I am truly thankful.
So what about boredom/fatigue etc. Are you kidding me? Its a privilege to be alive, working and living the life we do.
