{"id":1212,"date":"2018-12-18T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2018-12-09T12:53:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T17:53:28","slug":"boredom-and-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1212","title":{"rendered":"Boredom and Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I responded to this comment: “I feel like I need to try something different every day. I get bored easily when I do the same things all the time. How do I overcome this?<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay attention to one boring thing each day. If possible, pay attention to the same thing each day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really pay attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch every single aspect of what you\u2019re doing. Say you\u2019re washing your cup and bowl after breakfast. Don\u2019t try to pretend that washing your bowl is the most important thing you can do, or that washing your bowl has great meaning. Just pay attention to it. Look at the shape of the bowl and the cup. Someone had to design every single aspect of each of them. They may be beautiful in and of themselves, but perhaps their beauty has escaped you before, or you once noticed that they are beautiful (say: when you were purchasing them), but you\u2019ve forgotten to notice lately. The water & the scrubbing pad or washcloth have temperature and texture. You are breathing. There is so much to be aware of during the two minutes it takes to do this one chore. The chore is part of your life, and your life is valuable, so this small space in the morning also has some value. By paying attention to it, you\u2019re becoming aware of the value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you will not see a change right away, but I can pretty much guarantee you that if you pay close attention to this one chore every day, your perceptions will change. Over years, you<\/em> might even change, perhaps a lot, by learning to see the value in this one small span of time in your day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I responded to this comment: “I feel like I need to try something different every day. I get bored easily when I do the same things all the time. How do I overcome this?“ Pay attention to one boring thing each day. If possible, pay attention to the same thing each day. Really pay attention. … Continue reading “Boredom and Awareness”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[131,130],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophizing","tag-awareness","tag-meditation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-jy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1265,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1265","url_meta":{"origin":1212,"position":0},"title":"Fruit and nut oatmeal bars","author":"Jorah","date":"May 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I made these today and I am almost certain that I'll want them again, so I'm writing up my notes before I forget what I did. 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