We all go through a phase in life where we don’t know
exactly how to take our lives forward. Some people call it mid life crisis
while other’s call it psychological effect of getting settled. Honestly
speaking I never found any of these explanation fully acceptable. Knowing
something about the psychology of human nature is important to deal with monotony
and boredom of life.
People often end up losing their interest in life which affects not only their performance but also their relationships. So what’s the best way to deal with the monotonous life and add some zing to it? Well it takes a little effort and some change on your part to take complete control of your life. It might appear to be impossible on the forefront but with little courage and will you can easily take control of your life.
Extending Your
Comfort Zone
Most of us are not able to live our lives to full potential
just because we get too comfortable. I mean comfortable in every sense. Whether
it’s our work, school, home or social life we are naturally inclined towards
more security and little challenge. Our comfort zone living makes us stagnant
and hinders growth in a prospective manner. There is no evolution and
development, be it physical or mental with we stop pushing ourselves and not
stimulate our growth.
It’s important that you regularly explore new ideas and
activities for your own good.
How to push your comfort zone, you ask?
Be subtle and don’t exaggerate things too much. The best way
to start is to read How to Step Out of
Your Comfort Zone on Wikihow.com. It provides you some simple yet
highly useful tips on how to be more risk taking and interesting.
Just Get Started
There is a reason why Nike uses this phrase their tag line. The
more time you spend on planning and waiting for the right moment the more are
the chances that you will not do what you are supposed to. All the planning and
other good stuff just gives space for hesitation to creep in and you end up
doing nothing.
This video might help you.
Next time someone asks you out, just do it.
Next time you are interested in taking up a dance or guitar
class, just do it.
Next time you meet someone special and want to ask him/her
out, just do it.
Stop waiting for the right moment believe me it’s never
going to be there. Kill procrastination and start doing what you feel like
right now.
Start Changing Your
Present
It’s obvious that you cannot take drastic steps to push your
comfort zone. You need that sucking job to pay your bills or you need the
relationship you are having hard time with just because it’s just going through
a rough phase (which is temporary) or you have to keep yourself.
Try to make changes in your present situation and bring in
variation. Does your job allow you space for creativity? Can you improve ways
of doing activities that can kill boredom? Can you add more fun and life to
your relationship with change of habits? All of these are some important
considerations that you should make.
To
Change a Hurtful Mental Habit, Make "The 4 Decisions" , an
article on PsychologyToday might give you better insight and roadmap in bringing
these changes.
It’s not always necessary to go to extreme to kill boredom
but sometimes even little steps can mean a lot.
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