Boredom : what is the root?
We’ve all experienced boredom at one point or another, whether for a night or a repetitive pattern in our lives. According to Oxford Languages, boredom is defined as feeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity. You may accept boredom as a part of life but have you ever questioned the root cause of this issue and how to prevent it? When you experience boredom, there are four main areas of your life that are lacking fulfillment: inspiration, pleasure, connection, or clarity. When we break down these 4 areas, we can discover antidotes to help … More
Addiction to Pleasure
Pleasure. How tricky has our relationship to this basic human drive become? Wikipedia defines pleasure as “…a broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking.” Merriam-Webster offers a simpler perspective: “A state of gratification.” Since time immemorial, people have largely misunderstood this primal drive, especially its most tantalizing expressions of sex, food, and drugs. Entire religions, laws, and philosophies have built their bedrock of morality in attempts to curb or control this basic impulse deeply embedded in us. But if we break it down, what does it really mean to gratify … More
