What is boredom?

People sometimes tell me "I'm bored, I have nothing to do". I don't even remember anymore this feeling but I admit I felt it in the past. Especially when I was a little girl and wanted everyone to play with me but sometimes, of course, they couldn't and then I wandered around for some time looking for something interesting to do until I found it. On the other hand, I would sit on the floor for 5 hours constantly with my Barbie doll, just changing her clothes (that's what it looked like, at least, from the outside). But today I never feel boredom. True, sometimes I just feel lazy and I don't do anything that requires a big effort, because I don't feel like it. And I think it's fine. I simply understand that there are days when I have no strength to get involved in anything particular, and I let myself not do it and I feel no guilt. But when I am full of enthusiasm for taking advantage of the whole day, usually I do the things I "have to" (which mostly means: something that is needed for University) at the beginning so that I don't have to think about them anymore and then just indulge myself in those I derive pleasure from.  Not because I am always busy - because I am not, and if I am, it means I've chosen it - but because I have many things to do. Because there are many things to do, damnit! I constantly find interesting things around me that can be done. Just to name a few: learning English, learning Portuguese, learning French (and this is unbelievable how many ways of learning a language I can find! Sometimes it scares me and I wish days were longer), reading a book I enjoy, watching a new movie, writing, taking photos of anything, talking with a friend on the Internet, especially one I haven't been in touch for a long time with, reading an interesting article, organizing things in the drawers, biking, dancing, breathing (yes, I know we all breathe all the time, but that's not what I'm referring to), browsing the Internet (it's unbelievable - endless interesting things to find!), translating, cooking (or rather - learning it), listening to the music on the bed with my headphones on or taking a long, warm, relaxing bath with the company of many candles, bubbles, good music and a glass of red wine.

   

And now I feel like quoting my dear friend Staffan: "Ah! That's the life! Live it! Enjoy it!"