Related/Continued from Meaningfulness

To pray what I preach

In the above linked post, I described how boredom is a powerful tool to find motivation. Now I'm no saint, whenever I find myself bored, I do just like everyone and bring up my rectangle of doom phone. However, the other day I decided to actually pray what I have preached, and holy shit did I have time and motivation to stuff.

I feel like I'm living a quite hectic life at the moment, with only a couple of hours of downtime every now and then. During one of those downtimes, I decided to simply sit on my sofa.

It was boring, I wanted to grab my phone, turn on the TV or just do/hear anything. But no, I just sat there, with the only stimuli being the fire in my fireplace. It felt weird to just sit, while not waiting for anything.

After about 15 minutes, I had time to reflect and digest on what needed to be done in the house. My brain had "Revved down" enough that spending a couple of minutes cleaning the kitchen wasnt a big deal.

It eventually spiraled from task to task, and eventually I had cleaned most of the house. It really doesnt take that long.

You are a rally driver

I think the analogy of Revving your brain fits quite well. When at work, you are constantly on edge, like a Rally Driver. You constantly prepare, act and react to your surroundings — like a rally driver, always on the edge, taking corners and constantly correcting.

Whenever you scroll, consume or any other way stimulate your brain, you are keeping it in this prepared state. You are sitting in the pit, clutch down and first gear ready. But there is no rally now, the spectators have gone home, times have been set. Now it is time to rest.

Let your foot of the gas, and let it idle. It might splutter and missfire for a bit after a day full of driving, but she'll manage. Eventually, you'll get a stable idle, and it can rest.

Tomorrow you'll tackle a new track, with new challanges and obstacles. But for now, you simply idle.