Re: Boredom +
- Subject: Re: Boredom +
- From: Dennis Strain <dstrain@cloudnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:06:44 -0500
>What an interesting question...I was thinking about that the other
>day, in a meeting as a matter of fact. See the thing I've noticed
>is that the times when I've been bored is that ...well hold on a second,
>I had to take a break for a minute to get myself back to writing this
>letter, I decided to get really bored and I started to think that even
>bothering to reply to your question would be kind of stupid, because
>I've done it before, I've written hundreds of emails before, in fact
>life was pretty dull there for a minute as I thought about how
>repetetive things in life are...and I get this voice in my head that
>says..OH WHAT'S THE POINT IT'S ALL THE SAME ISN'T THERE ANYTHING NEW
>TO DO? And unfortunately I seem to have built in a loop so that
>whenever I start getting bored and ask a question like that in an
>entirely different kind of voice, one that says, YEAH THERE ARE TONS
>OF NEW THINGS TO DO! And then I start thinking about all the things
>I've never noticed before like how are the meta-programs of the people
>in this particular meeting interacting, and with so many possibilities,
>and while noticing all the non-verbal behavior of everyone there and
>how they are responding to each other...and then I start to think about
>all the things I could do to make the meeting end, but by then I'm
>having so much fun I don't know, who'd want to just end up back at my
>desk when I've got a laboratory full of people, maybe you could think
>of ways to get a promotion...or turn the meeting around so that it's
>not boring and that's it's actually productive, and that might be a
>great way to get a promotion, or it might not, you'd have to decide.
>
>Oops sorry, people always complain that my messages are always just
>one paragraph long...I dunno, maybe a key element of boredom is just
>sorting only for sameness, or comparing present time to all the similar
>situations in the past and noticing how much the same it is...That
>wouldn't be so bad I suppose if you had really been having a great time
>all those years. I usually just try to tune up my kinesthetics so I
>feel great, and then I look around and see who else I can make feel
>great. I mean if you can't use NLP to induce great states in other
>people what's the point of it all?
>
>I know that probably didn't answer your question, but man did I have
>fun doing it!
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More Paragraphs Loren ..... "Lots more" .... Please ... ;-)
And a few others might take this to heart also.
What's the matter with you people ... "Are you a bunch
of dumb shits or what anyway huh ???????????
Dennis Strain
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<Third paragraph meant only to relieve boredom and incite riots ;>
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