Time Spent

Dear My Perspective,

How do I begin? Okay, so, this entire summer has been a bust for me. I will be heading back to school soon. But if its something I noticed, is that during the summer I tend to get more angrier. I find myself doing things that normally I try to avoid any other time of the year. But during the summer (and even during winter and spring break) I find myself doing the very things I don't want to do. I sometimes find myself missing schoolwork, that is until, I get back to school, and get back into that regular habit, then all of a sudden, I hate school work like everyone else. I don't get why I am like this. Any ideas?

Signed,
Summer Days

Dear Summer Days,

I think what your problem, is boredom. We suffer from boredom when we have too much time on our hands. Since not all schools have converted to the Year-round system, and still work on the traditional system, many students find themselves doing in the first few weeks of summer, what they have been longing to do for 9 months.

In an excitement to kick start their 2.5 month long break, they do everything in the first few weeks, which lead up to boredom even faster.

When we have time on our hands, we find we do things we normally wouldn't or don't want to do. Usually we are too busy with our normal life, to have time or any care for those things, such as going to certain websites or partaking in certain activities. But when you have more time on your hands for whatever reason, you find yourself doing things that you did not have time for before, and because of curiosity, its easy to get hooked on things you don't like.

As for schoolwork. Its not that you miss doing schoolwork, you just miss what you know. Boredom, can often feel like a standstill...a standstill is when nothing is going forward in your life...everything is in a sense has "halted" to a stop. You hate boredom, you hate having too much time on your hands, because having too much time on your hands, means you will do things that bring out anger in you.

Its hard to shake boredom, for starters, its important not to do a whole summer's worth in the first few weeks. But most importantly, its a good idea to keep yourself busy somehow. Figure out what you like to do, and see if there are ways you can do that even more than you do now. For example, if you like art, maybe take up some art classes or partake in some kind of intern or club activity.

The hardest part of doing things during the summer, is getting the will to willingly do something by choice.