http://www.toledofreepress.com/2009/08/07/an-ever-exhausting-zest-for-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-ever-exhausting-zest-for-life Toledo's Largest Sunday Newspaper Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.toledofreepress.com/wp-content/themes/tfp/images/tfp_logo_small.gifhttp://www.toledofreepress.com15746The Toledo Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. It was founded in 2005 by Thomas Pounds. http://www.toledofreepress.com/2009/08/07/an-ever-exhausting-zest-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-29026 Letitia Sweitzer Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:40:35 +0000 http://www.toledofreepress.com/?p=16839#comment-29026 Teaching your children how to find what interests them is indeed a better goal than entertaining them. Congrats! I would add that not understanding boredom is just that. There are genetic propensities for being easily bored as well as lack of skill, a learned process. There's also ADHD, a core symptom of which is intense boredom, and in those with hyperactivity, it spawns that frantic motion, chatter, etc in a desperate attempt to stimulate the brain out of its bored state. Boredom is not a sin, a weakness of character, or even a choice. It's an unfortunate condition that comes more easily to some than others and is harder to dispel for some than others. I personally am never bored, however, I don't assume that the fact that there are millions of things out there to be interested in means that the person who hasn't engaged can just "pick a pursuit" and poof boredom is gone. It's more complicated than that. However, your essay on lack of interest vs too zealous, too early in the morning interest was well done and amusing. Please see me at ThePowerOfBoredom.com Teaching your children how to find what interests them is indeed a better goal than entertaining them. Congrats! I would add that not understanding boredom is just that. There are genetic propensities for being easily bored as well as lack of skill, a learned process. There’s also ADHD, a core symptom of which is intense boredom, and in those with hyperactivity, it spawns that frantic motion, chatter, etc in a desperate attempt to stimulate the brain out of its bored state. Boredom is not a sin, a weakness of character, or even a choice. It’s an unfortunate condition that comes more easily to some than others and is harder to dispel for some than others. I personally am never bored, however, I don’t assume that the fact that there are millions of things out there to be interested in means that the person who hasn’t engaged can just “pick a pursuit” and poof boredom is gone. It’s more complicated than that. However, your essay on lack of interest vs too zealous, too early in the morning interest was well done and amusing. Please see me at ThePowerOfBoredom.com

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