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I am bored with my life and here’s what I’m doing about it.
I’m bored with my life.
I’ve been trying to figure out what’s wrong with me for the last year or so. I get up and go through the motions of the day. I enjoy my work for the most part, and since I’m self-employed, I don’t have a demanding boss or annoying co-workers, so it’s not the “annoying people at work” but I find myself unexcited to get the day started.
I’m in my 40s, so I‘m past the point where I think that everything is like Disneyland, but I remember pre-pandemic I had more days when I looked forward to the day than I do now.
Every day feels the same, and there isn’t much to look forward to.
Before the pandemic, I enjoyed going to events and socializing with people. Since the pandemic, I’ve been out a few times, ready to go home within an hour.
I have even declined invitations to “hang out” because the last few times I’ve been out with people, there has been more socializing on the phones than with one another. There has been little stimulating conversation so people find more interest in their phones and all I think is, “I would rather be home watching Netflix” I’ve wondered if all that time during 2020 and beyond spent at home comfortable at home made me lose my appetite for going out.
