7 Habit-Changers for Overcoming Boredom
Boredom is a sign that we’ve become habituated. We can overcome boredom by freshening up our routine and inviting a different perspective.
- By Ed Halliwell
- August 31, 2016
- Well-Being
Boredom is a sign that we’ve become habituated. 我们已经变得习惯化。We’re getting stuck on automatic pilot, and losing touch with actual experience. 我们陷入自动化的模式，与实际体验脱节。
We can overcome boredom by freshening up our routine, seeking out new situations and experiences, inviting a different perspective. 我们可以通过更新日常习惯、寻找新的情况和体验、邀请不同的视角来克服无聊。Try one of these each day for a week and notice what happens: 每天尝试以下其中一项，持续一周，观察会发生什么：
- Take an unfamiliar route to work, or to a regular appointment. Change your mode of transport—if you usually drive, take the bus, or train, or walk. 选择一条不熟悉的路线去上班，或者去一个常规的约会地点。改变你的交通方式——如果你通常开车，可以坐公交车、火车或步行。
- Follow a recipe for a meal you’ve never tried, with at least one ingredient you’ve not before cooked with. 按照一个你从未尝试过的食谱做饭，至少使用一种你以前从未用过的食材。
- Start a conversation with someone you’ve never really talked with: the barista at your coffee shop or someone from a different department in your company who you sometimes see in the elevator—ask them how their day is going and be prepared to listen with interest. 与一个你从未真正交谈过的人开始对话：比如你常去的咖啡店的咖啡师，或者你在电梯里偶尔见到的公司不同部门的某个人——询问他们今天过得怎么样，并准备好以兴趣倾听。
- Go to the cinema without checking what films are showing. Watch the first one that starts after your arrival. 去电影院但不查看正在放映的电影。观看你到达后最先开始的一部电影。
- Read a different newspaper/news site to the one you’re used to—perhaps one that doesn’t confirm your usual political views. 阅读一份不同于你习惯的报纸/新闻网站——也许是一份不支持你通常政治观点的媒体。
- Join a class for a sport, activity, or hobby that you think you won’t enjoy. Keep an open mind and resolve to find out one new thing about this activity from the teacher or other participants. Can you discover what others find engaging about it? 参加一个你觉得不会喜欢的运动、活动或爱好的课程。保持开放的心态，决心从老师或其他参与者那里了解这项活动的一个新方面。你能发现别人觉得吸引人的是什么吗？
- Turn off all Internet connections for one day. Be open to alternative means of finding out information and connecting with others and the world. 关闭所有互联网连接一天。对获取信息和与他人及世界联系的其他方式持开放态度。