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One thing that interrupts my moments of boredom is the thought of falling behind while the world makes progress. That is precisely the same feeling you get whe
by prophet_ 11y ago
One thing that interrupts my moments of boredom is the thought of falling behind while the world makes progress.
That is precisely the same feeling you get when you move to a quieter town: "nothing goes on here while 'everything is going on' somewhere else".
This feeling of 'nothing doing' pushes me to do stuff, be it a hobby, reading, etc. I think the idea is pretty much associated to the 'time is money' or the 'time is flying, we're getting older, take advantage of your time' sort of thoughts.
A nice point made in the article is the fact that many people just can't stand live in peace with their own thoughts. Indeed.
- mbrock 11y agoThe problem with that seems to be that if you're always trying to catch up with some overarching scheme of advancement and progress, you won't have a moment of peace until you retire... An old Chinese hobo named Han-shan used to write strange poems on the cliffs and trees of the mountain where he lived. They're called the cold mountain poems. One of them goes like this: Han-shan has his critics too: ‘Your poems, there’s nothing in them!’ I think of men of ancient times, Poor, humble, but not ashamed. Let him laugh at me and say: ‘It’s all foolishness, your work!’ Let him go on as he is, All his life lost making money.
- vinceguidry 11y ago> The problem with that seems to be that if you're always trying to catch up with some overarching scheme of advancement and progress, you won't have a moment of peace until you retire... Oh that's not true at all. Inner peace relies not on what you do, but on how you do it. It's easier to clear your head, say, when you're mowing the grass as opposed to creating a new marketing strategy, but that doesn't mean you can't.