Bored of everything!

Aussie Pete · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
Well, things are limited in the house and by physical disability, and money, I think the language learning has been my best idea, and I think that's what I'm going to be doing (in fact I'm checking out duo lingo right now, maybe Rosetta stone as well, I've heard good things about both). When this whole corona insanity ends.. I dunno maybe I'll see if the local college has a course?

That will keep you busy. I suppose Spanish is the most useful for you. Maybe teenspeak. It changes daily, so it's hard to keep up with. It's a bit old fashioned too. It's all emoji-ish now.

Jamdoc · Dec 17, 2020

Aussie Pete said:
That will keep you busy. I suppose Spanish is the most useful for you. Maybe teenspeak. It changes daily, so it's hard to keep up with. It's a bit old fashioned too. It's all emoji-ish now.

I took a few years of spanish in high school, I am a bit rusty though

Strong in Him · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
This year, all this isolation, what do people even really do? I've just gotten bored with everything.

What are people doing when they're lockdowns and all that?

Well I have been doing heaps of craft stuff - making greetings cards for folk at church, doing cross stitch pictures which will eventually be gifts for other people. But that might not help you if you are not into those activities.
I have also been out quite a lot; even in lockdown we, in my country, have been allowed out to exercise. But the voluntary work that I do is considered to be an essential service, so I have not only kept doing that but taken on some extra shifts.

I notice many things that you mention, aside from reading the Bible and prayer, seem to be based around the tv or computer. Is there nothing else you could do? Take up gardening; either your own, or volunteer to help an elderly neighbour? Painting? Pottery? Learn a new sport/language/musical instrument? Decorate your house?

If nothing at all appeals to you and you lack the motivation to even try, you may be depressed.

Strong in Him · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
Not that I have the capability to be a missionary to Japan (although they need it, about 1% of Japanese people are Christian), but if I were to be sent on a mission somewhere in the world, Japan would probably be where I'd want to go.

Do you know what God says when people say that it can't be done?

I'm not saying that you are being called to go to Japan, but I do think that if God wanted it, he would provide the strength/resources/ability.

Tolworth John · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
Well, like I said, some secular activities too, but just getting bored or watching a TV show or playing games or whatever too. Not sure what I want to do.
Maybe it's just stir craziness cause I rarely leave the house cept doctor's appointments.

How many people in your church are isolated at home and would welcome a phone or video call?
Get involved in cooking from scratch, trying out different dishes.
You are allowed to go for a walk, so long as you keep your distance, wear a mask etc.
Then there is drawing,, and painting, see how many other house bound will share there sketches with you.
Try writing poetry, or prose.
What about music,either learning to play or just listening to the enormous range of classical music that is freely available on line.
Review your party pieces and find and learn new comic monologues or poems to perform when lockdown etc is over.
Try learning a conjuring trick there a number that use everyday objects or juggling with toilet rolls if you don't have any tennis balls.
Find an online exercise video and build that into your routine very day.

mlepfitjw · Dec 17, 2020

Go out visit with friends, talk on the phone with friends or family, if possible. That always helps me sometimes. Talking about whatever is going on with you with others and them listening can help too.

Going out and doing something active taking walks street side, through the city, through nature. Those are all helpful and productive things to do to get your dopamine levels going.

Here past hour or so been sharing silly jokes with others on video webcam sites, while waiting for the sun to come up.

Did you hear the rumor about butter?

"Well, I'm not going to spread it!"

I was really angry at my friend Mark for stealing my dictionary.

"I told him, "Mark, my words!"

How does Moses make his coffee?

Hebrews it.

Jamdoc · Dec 17, 2020

Strong in Him said:
Well I have been doing heaps of craft stuff - making greetings cards for folk at church, doing cross stitch pictures which will eventually be gifts for other people. But that might not help you if you are not into those activities.
I have also been out quite a lot; even in lockdown we, in my country, have been allowed out to exercise. But the voluntary work that I do is considered to be an essential service, so I have not only kept doing that but taken on some extra shifts.

I notice many things that you mention, aside from reading the Bible and prayer, seem to be based around the tv or computer. Is there nothing else you could do? Take up gardening; either your own, or volunteer to help an elderly neighbour? Painting? Pottery? Learn a new sport/language/musical instrument? Decorate your house?

If nothing at all appeals to you and you lack the motivation to even try, you may be depressed.

A lot of it is disability, I have MS so manual dexterity is kind of an issue sometimes, I used to play guitar a bit but my fingers don't do what I want them to do all the time now, I was never any good with art and I think... best I could do is Jackson Pollockesque something lol. So a lot of really physical activities I'm kinda limited in what I can do. The learning a new language though is something I can do and am excited to do though. Not long after I posted the thread and engaged in talking in it that just kinda clicked "I need to learn a new skill"
and then I remembered a video by (yes I understand he's quite controversial) Pastor Steven Anderson about Japan and their culture dying out and how few Christians there are there. It's crazy that over 20% of South Korea professes Christianity but only 1% of Japan.

mlepfitjw · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc the other morning. I am not sure if this really allowed to be discussed, though gonna share either way.

Yesterday morning I woke up about 3am, and there was a dark cloud on me that just made me oppressed and it told me to go run away off this mountain that I live on, or to go buy a gun and to kill myself.

Though killing myself my brother, and my mother would be disappointed. This depression just had me in such a nullified mood nothing was making it better. Went and called my mother when she got up and talked to her and told her all my thoughts, and as well as shot out a few more text to friends about what was going on with me regardless if they text back or sent me back anything in return.

Was not looking for advice, or anything like that just wanted to be heard. Someone finally called me and we talked for awhile and he told me about the things that he was going through as well.

I believe God sent someone to come talk to me and remind me that I am not alone in this world that can be so heavily oppressive if you let it get to you. Always gotta give thanks God for when these smallest miracles come around, and be thankful to know that you are not alone.

The cloud doesn't come around often but sometimes it can be so strong, you just gotta talk and let what is bothering you out.

May the grace of God our Father be with you, and the peace of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be with you as well!

Strong in Him · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
A lot of it is disability, I have MS so manual dexterity is kind of an issue sometimes, I used to play guitar a bit but my fingers don't do what I want them to do all the time now, I was never any good with art and I think... best I could do is Jackson Pollockesque something lol. So a lot of really physical activities I'm kinda limited in what I can do. The learning a new language though is something I can do and am excited to do though. Not long after I posted the thread and engaged in talking in it that just kinda clicked "I need to learn a new skill"
and then I remembered a video by (yes I understand he's quite controversial) Pastor Steven Anderson about Japan and their culture dying out and how few Christians there are there. It's crazy that over 20% of South Korea professes Christianity but only 1% of Japan.

Yes, I saw your reply about learning a language just after I posted my reply.
All the best with that; it sounds great. And sorry to hear about your MS.

You already seem to have a heart for Japan, so who knows what that might lead to?

God bless.

Jamdoc · Dec 17, 2020

Strong in Him said:
Yes, I saw your reply about learning a language just after I posted my reply.
All the best with that; it sounds great. And sorry to hear about your MS.

You already seem to have a heart for Japan, so who knows what that might lead to?

God bless.

I hear about since the Coronavirus lockdowns that Japan is losing more people to suicide in a month than they lost to Coronavirus all year.
It's just a place that I think the gospel could really shine and bring a lot of hope.

lsume · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
This year, all this isolation, what do people even really do? I've just gotten bored with everything. Before it's even said, I've already read through the bible this year cover to cover and am about 1/3 of the way through a second reading cover to cover, and .. I'm pretty bored of that too, it's still fresh enough in my mind that I'm not really getting anything new from most scripture, so it can be a struggle to read more than a handful of chapters a day and most days I don't feel like I've gained anything new out of it. Prayer.. I pray in the morning, I give thanks at each meal, I pray before I go to bed, I pray before I read the bible, and I pray when I actually have something that I want to say in specific like I encounter someone who needs something and I pray for them.. but sometimes I don't even know what to say, it's like trying to call someone multiple times a day you don't really have lengthy conversations, because nothing has really happened from the last time you talked to them.

But on top of that.. stuck at home, not a lot of resources to do much, I try playing video games, even ones I haven't really played much before.. bored. Try watching a TV show or movie on netflix.. and it's kind of a chore to even finish an episode, and a single 90-120 minute movie might take multiple sittings because I get bored partway through. Haven't done a lot of reading recently cause I figure if I'm reading something it should be the bible right, although I recently read Rnady Alcorn's "Heaven"
I've consumed probably thousands of hours of preaching, sermons, and other bible related content on youtube over the past year
and I'm just really bored of everything.
What are people doing when they're lockdowns and all that?

I know that for me, I had read a lot of the Bible and highlighted a fair number of Scriptures for later reference. It wasn’t until about 16 years later that my eyes were opened to The Word. That was over 30 years ago and I’m still learning.

Jamdoc · Dec 17, 2020

lsume said:
I know that for me, I had read a lot of the Bible and highlighted a fair number of Scriptures for later reference. It wasn’t until about 16 years later that my eyes were opened to The Word. That was over 30 years ago and I’m still learning.

It's because the memory is still recent for me. I dunno, we're supposed to study the scriptures daily and meditate on them day and night... but I don't feel like I get anything new out of it, sometimes my mind wanders and my eyes slide over the page but I'm not really taking it in, my mind is kind of tuning it out because it's familiar material being reviewed rather than new information. My gut feel is that it would do more for me if I set it down for awhile and came back to it after some time away from it but.. that's not what we're told to do.
I've never read a book daily, finished it, and then just went right back into it before, if I reread a book at all, it usually takes years for me to really want to dive back into it. But the bible isn't really meant like that. So I am trying, but at the same time, I knew if I was talking about boredom on CF people would say to fill my time with more bible and prayer. So I wanted to get that out of the way that I don't know if reading more bible would be profitable for me when it's already really fresh and already being read daily.

as Bella pointed out I've kinda felt like I've needed to devote a lot of time to studying and prayer and it can get to a point of burnout, which leads to boredom.

lsume · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
It's because the memory is still recent for me. I dunno, we're supposed to study the scriptures daily and meditate on them day and night... but I don't feel like I get anything new out of it, sometimes my mind wanders and my eyes slide over the page but I'm not really taking it in, my mind is kind of tuning it out because it's familiar material being reviewed rather than new information. My gut feel is that it would do more for me if I set it down for awhile and came back to it after some time away from it but.. that's not what we're told to do.
I've never read a book daily, finished it, and then just went right back into it before, if I reread a book at all, it usually takes years for me to really want to dive back into it. But the bible isn't really meant like that. So I am trying, but at the same time, I knew if I was talking about boredom on CF people would say to fill my time with more bible and prayer. So I wanted to get that out of the way that I don't know if reading more bible would be profitable for me when it's already really fresh and already being read daily.

as Bella pointed out I've kinda felt like I've needed to devote a lot of time to studying and prayer and it can get to a point of burnout, which leads to boredom.

What I was writing about was and is a Spiritual experience. It can’t be taught by man. Like the Word Says, all must be taught directly by God. My our Lord Jesus The Christ guide your soul.

Strong in Him · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
I hear about since the Coronavirus lockdowns that Japan is losing more people to suicide in a month than they lost to Coronavirus all year.
It's just a place that I think the gospel could really shine and bring a lot of hope.

I'm excited to see where this might lead for you now. :pray:

Jamdoc · Dec 17, 2020

Strong in Him said:
I'm excited to see where this might lead for you now.

Well it'd take a miracle for me to do anything about it really, no way under my own power. So it's up to the Lord.

Gregory Thompson · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
I'm sure there are, but first I think I would just want to learn the language

Aren't there video games on the internet that teach you Japanese? You mentioned being into video games.

Rachel Rachel · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
Well, like I said, some secular activities too, but just getting bored or watching a TV show or playing games or whatever too. Not sure what I want to do.
Maybe it's just stir craziness cause I rarely leave the house cept doctor's appointments.

Exercise??

bèlla · Dec 17, 2020

Jamdoc said:
Well, like I said, some secular activities too, but just getting bored or watching a TV show or playing games or whatever too. Not sure what I want to do.
Maybe it's just stir craziness cause I rarely leave the house cept doctor's appointments.

Why don’t you do something challenging and something fun? You said you aren’t good at talking to others. But there’s a world of connection and ministry you’re missing because you can’t. If Japanese is appealing go for it.

Yours in His Service,

~bella

Neostarwcc · Dec 17, 2020

mama2one said:
grandpa always said "boredom is self inflicted"
so no one in our house dares to use the word

My grandfather used to say that too (moms father). He also, never admitted he was wrong even once until the day he died. He was always right even wen he was wrong. I inherited that from him and my love of ketchup from my dads father. He loved ketchup until the day he died too.

We should take advice from the last Godly generation though. The problem isn't that there's nothing to do but that there's nothing YOU want to do. We can't read your mind and offer new things. Gratz on being one and a half times through the Bible in less than a year though. Dont think any f my grandparents accomplished that. I've never read the Bible front to cover even once in my life.

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