Boredom is for people who have no imagination and few if any real interests. Boredom is for people who find entertainment in reality TV and who think a round of golf is something write home about. People that say they are bored have never opened a book and were likely never taught to think for themselves. Worlds both real and imaginative exist within our own heads and we can go anywhere and do anything simply by conjuring it up within our own imagination. Sitting and staring at a brick wall is only boring if you refuse to detach yourself from your current reality.

There is that demographic group that says, “I’m not sure what I would do with myself if I retired.” When I hear someone say something this ridiculous and stupid my first response wants to be a well placed “fuck you” and a hard roll of the eyes. The opportunity for massive amounts of free time should be seen as a gift and not something that is to be approached with dread. So many of this people find sweet relief from the boredom of retirement by raising their grandchildren. This seems to be the new trend as so many have kids at points in their lives when they could best be described as a “shitshow” and think making a human will make things better. Nope, you’re still a nitwit and now Grammy Sweets must raise your children. Nice work.

Thinking about this topic made me realize for about the 22nd time that I could spend a year on any of the following topics and never find boredom. This is a full year 8-hours a day on each of these topics. Building LEGO, learning Latin, playing video games, reading, writing/journaling, researching and watching movies, exploring the depths of NETFLIX, becoming proficient in chess, exploring and playing boardgames, becoming competent in high level mathematics while somehow skipping Algebra, going back to school and earning a Ph.D., practicing and writing music (including learning piano works by J.S. Bach), volunteering in the name of opera/chamber/classical music, literacy, and animals, exploring Paris on foot, and on and on and on. Boredom only exists because a person makes it exist in their world.