{"id":222,"date":"2013-11-14T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conversations.itgroove.net\/?p=222"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:37","slug":"the-art-of-being-bored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2013\/11\/14\/the-art-of-being-bored\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Being Bored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;frm=1&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;docid=z52A3gMJVI8ZxM&amp;tbnid=blpJdr7TmvQCCM:&amp;ved=0CAUQjRw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Flostinsingledom.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Ffaces-of-online-dating.html&amp;ei=KEiEUtmAKsS0iQL_ioCIDw&amp;bvm=bv.56343320,d.cGE&amp;psig=AFQjCNH4DZe3ge9xShb0RmEF4IXXquCOkw&amp;ust=1384487325086419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4TgMW8Q0QxX6YWPHYEcS8kj5lL59YGkRE6hJqXd9am92Zprzl\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend as I was sitting in my comfy chair with my iPad in hand, I was thinking back to when I was a kid in the early 80\u2019s. I remember being so bored some days, especially Sundays. There was nothing to do, there was nothing on TV and there were no video games to play.<\/p>\n<p>After failing at convincing my parents to take me somewhere in the car, I would usually retreat to my bedroom and proceed to play for hours. Doing what? I have no idea. Reading, drawing, staring out the window or playing with Barbies I guess.<\/p>\n<p>I realized last weekend that I don\u2019t think my kids know how to be bored! I\u2019m sure they have had moments in their life when they weren\u2019t being entertained 24\/7 or when Sean and I told them to step away from the \u2018screen\u2019 and play with something, but I don\u2019t think they are as skilled in finding something to do as we were.<\/p>\n<p>I think I am going to challenge them to put the technology down and come up with some interesting alternatives and see what happens.&nbsp; Hopefully they will prove me wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Wish us luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Last weekend as I was sitting in my comfy chair with my iPad in hand, I was thinking back to when I was a kid in the early 80\u2019s. I remember being so bored some days, especially Sundays. 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