Comments on: Ever Get Bored?

By: Madelaine Weiss

Madelaine Weiss — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:25:25 +0000

In reply to Steven Nisenbaum. You don't sound bored at all!

By: Madelaine Weiss

Madelaine Weiss — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:25:02 +0000

In reply to Karen Gross. Exactly right, Karen. Too much too fast can boomerang. That's why my clients are mindful to create action steps forward that are big enough to excite and motivate, but not so big as to overwhelm and cause a shut down. Keeping a meticulous eye on titering seems to work wonders. I understand that some are more resilient than others. Still, I am in awe of the extraordinary leaps and bounds the people I work with are making. Thank you as always for your thoughtful comments. And congratulations on your new book: "Trauma Doesn't Stop At The School Door."

By: Karen Gross

Karen Gross — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:01:22 +0000

I have to say that boredom isn’t in my wheelhouse. But I wonder if some people are struggling not with boredom but with pandemic paralysis — which is surely not the same as boredom. It is a symptom of stress and fear and anxiety, perhaps the result of social distancing and work at home and lack of touch…. People are stuck and can’t get unstuck. And perhaps the time for reflection opens a window to new opportunities or coming to terms with joblessness or illness or racial tension — items that themselves generate fear.

By: Steven Nisenbaum

Steven Nisenbaum — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:43:50 +0000

“What, me Bored?” Reminds me of the old Mad Magazine (R.I.P.) covers of gap-toothed Alfred E. Neuman and his smirking “What, me worry?” mischievous smile. And I guess my biggest puzzle (“Worry”??) is whether when left to my own devices and little guiding sense of direction or external demands, I seem invariably to gravitate in the direction of things to do that are just “pipe dream” fantasies more than something I can count on myself to actually apply my capabilities and DO! In my head, I’m Steven Jobs and Bill Gates. I always imagine that of course I’ll write the Great American novel and undoubtedly would already have done so if I weren’t distracted and consumed with my everyday minutiae. But so far I notice I haven’t written even one page since COVID-19 sprung up, and I haven’t even used my new-found “spare” time even to clean the garage like I’ve been planning for so long. Now I “worry” (apologies to Alfred E.) that I’m obviously just not up to the task, and NEVER WAS.