Are you bored in this COVID-19 PERIOD? Use it to your advantage

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One is too busy to get bored, while the other slowly but surely no longer knows what to do with himself. Do you recognize yourself in the latter? Then this is the time to look at the deeper layer that lies beneath your boredom. If you get bored you can easily use that to your advantage, you just have to know how.

Researchers around the world are trying to figure out exactly what causes boredom, what we can do about it and whether there is a link between boredom and depression. Lead researcher and psychology professor James Danckert describes boredom as follows: “We define boredom as an uncomfortable desire to be busy with something, but fail to fulfill that desire.” So this definition may well explain why you might get bored during this corona crisis, since your routine is upset and your sense of freedom is limited. You are not alone in it, me too and more people around the globe.

Emotions

Before we can get deeper into boredom, ask yourself if you are really bored. You can also confuse boredom with emotions such as fear or fatigue. Try to identify what you feel to find out.

Change it

In essence, boredom tries to tell you that you don’t spend your time the way you actually want it to. It is an important signal that you want to change the situation. Whenever you get bored, remember that you probably need and can change something about the situation. What counts is the action you take after this awareness, which can keep you busy and make you a more creative and successful person.

BOREDOM – AN EXCELLENT TIME FOR INTROSPECTION.

And we don’t like that very much, because who knows what deep-seated problems will emerge as soon as we take the time to get bored.

We don’t like boredom for three reasons:

  • First of all, boredom gives us a sense of concern – “something is missing”. We are so used to being amused by a constant stream of external stimuli that when they are missing we experience the feeling that something is not right.
  • In addition, boredom triggers our ‘fear response’ . We find it scary to be alone with our thoughts, fearing that they would be confrontational. To keep out the mirror that keeps boredom out, you stay busy – whether it is really productive or fun .
  • Finally, boredom forces you to step out of your comfort zone , which feels unnatural. As soon as you realize that you may have to do a number of things differently , in order to feel lively – for example, even after starting to read/write that book – it is safer to maybe watch some good series after all.
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To shake off these feelings above, you should therefore quickly turn to external stimuli such as Netflix, your smartphone or another distractor to avoid feeling this boredom 

So a luxury problem, boredom. We have so many options to choose what we want to spend our attention and time on that we get overwhelmed when we don’t use it – we get bored .

That’s why you take every opportunity to stay busy. You do not notice the boredom (and dissatisfaction) and therefore do not have to be alone with any confrontational thoughts.

So in order to reap the benefits of boredom – an opportunity for introspection – you should not look for more stimuli and novelty, but as little as possible.

WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR BOREDOM

So you are not going to build a vegetable garden. What is it? Absolutely nothing except a good put to reorganize your thoughts in order.

  • Meditate regularly – make room   for confrontational thoughts.

Meditation would have been the last thing on your mind if you wanted to tackle boredom.

Now that you know that boredom is a mental state , it may make sense that meditation helps you see boredom differently. It helps you to understand that boredom is not a threatening thing, and it helps you place those negative and confrontational thoughts.

Meditating gives you the opportunity to look at the underlying causes why you avoid rest and are always busy.

And that doesn’t have to be lengthy sessions –   5 minutes a day is enough to use the unrest that boredom creates as a moment of introspection.

  • Get creative with your thoughts –   let them run wild.

Instead of looking for external stimulus, use your boredom to feed your brain with creativity. After all, as soon as you are bored, your thoughts get the chance to roam freely – allow it.

So stop entertaining yourself with your smartphone and see where your thoughts are stranded. Write them down, articulate them using ‘free writing’ or capture them in color – in a mind map for example!

  • Get creative with your thoughts –   let them run wild.

Instead of looking for external stimulus, use your boredom to feed your brain with creativity. After all, as soon as you are bored, your thoughts get the chance to roam freely – allow it.

So stop entertaining yourself with your smartphone and see where your thoughts are stranded. Write them down, articulate them using ‘free writing’ or capture them in color – in a mind map for example!

Who knows what brilliant ideas you come up with during the CORONA LOCKDOWN!

Let me know in the comments how you solve your boredom things.

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THE WHOLE SKUNT WORLD IS BLOGGING

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailHello friends in this digital universe. I hope you all are doing fine wherever you are and what you do.

“I’m thinking today about blogging,” it is a common statement I frequently hear from my friends. “But what Skunt? And who will read that, because so much is being written already. And last but not least: how do I keep it full and with a high dosage of blogging passion? ‘

That’s why today I want to talk to you and others by writing the following…

Blog …About what?

You think: buyer/seller and so on! My blog must go about my field of course.

It depends on ..

Depends on? Yes. Sometimes you still have one leg in a job or your own company, while your attention always lies somewhere else. A person X – who was still employed at the time – started to blog about introverts one day because he/she had discovered that he/she was one him/herself and wanted to figure out how to deal with it. Person Y wanted to get rid of the mess in his/her life and started a blog about his/her own progress. Both persons now pass on their knowledge and experiences to others as entrepreneurs. You got me now how things might start about blogging.

Blogging = a long-term trip. You do not do it ‘a week’. Then it is useful if your subject can count on your attention for quite some time.

But there is something else. With a blog you make a connection. You want to reach people with it. That brings us to somewhere. Can you feel me better now !

Who will read that?

Three points:

1 First about the length of your blog

Who will read that?

Three points:

1 First about the length of your nice blog

This does not make a butt. As long as people find it interesting what you write or post, your blog can be as long as you want. There are readers who first have a cup of tea/coffee or rum in the Caribbean and then start reading blogs, as if it is the newspaper on a Sunday morning.

2 … But then it must be interesting for people

That becomes obvious when you share your experiences, whether or not supplemented with knowledge. These experiences are mainly about your view of things, your approach, your own research(es). Think of that much-given tip of ‘use a number in your blog title’: 5 extraordinary books about sexylulu shoes. 10 tips to survive holidays with friends and family. That tip works. But that only works once for you if you then come up with 10 clichés, devoid of any personalization. Yes hello. We do not travel all the way to your blog! Haha. I can see you smiling !

3 You should be able to find those people you want to reach easily

Share your blog via the social media you use. And your blog is public, so if you share via Facebook, for example, set your message institution to ‘public’ once. You may also use other social media platforms as well. It is up to you where you like your blogs to go public.

And will people also react?

Yes. But not always how you expect. Famous Bloggers are enjoying reactions among their blogs. But readers also respond via tweets, Facebook messages, old-fashioned e-mails or individual comments during a meeting in the style of ‘oh yes, I have been reading your blogs for the last three hundred years’. I always get a lot from the last two. I myself get my reactions the same ways too. Experience is that people do not respond if you ask them explicitly. What I find terribly funny again, because if you ask me something emphatically, I also have a tendency not to do it. Cristal clear !

 

How do you keep it full?

Choose a form that is closest to yourself. A form that ideally starts with a new blog. Or else the least effort of all forms takes place. If you are a poet, blog through poems etc. Some bloggers go further by shooting a blog everyday via a fresh daily on their website.If you are an artist you mayblog through cartoons as well. On the blog a photographer you will find many photos. Well. You understand where I want to go. A blog is not necessarily a mountain of text. Is allowed. Not necesarry. Make your videos? Blog with videos. 3D print designer? Make sure we can also view your latest fat gobbly shit 3D.

Also choose a tone that is closest to yourself. Not only because of the marketing tip that everyone is up to you: that you also attract the nicest customers/readers. Do it for yourself for God’s sake. It is tiring to always pretend to be different than you are. Nobody thinks: ‘I will become a freelancer, then I can finally be someone who I am not. I am so disturbed by being in paid employment but always being completely myself. ‘ I am still blogging which started as my hobby and my passion in writing.

With two comments. One : listen to the language Nazis. A blog full of game and language errors exudes everything except what you want it to exude. Two : avoid ‘wronged’. Complaining, expressing criticism, being grumpy – can all be on your blog. If you do it with an open mind, humor, self-insight, respect, substantiation of your complaint or arguments, and so on. I think I am clear enough. You may want to fill this list further.

What blog tip do you have for others, even if you are a fresh starter, others may learn from you. Nice if you put that in the comments under this blog. Or not. Do especially what you want skunt. You are finally big enough to decide what you like to do. Me done talk, meh a blog further.

The Caribbean Blog Authority


FYI : SKUNT
A word in the Caribbean culture used as an expletive/curse word. Most frequently used to express disbelief, anger or surprise, “Ooh skunt!!!” It can also be used to as a adjective when referring to an actual person, or their being. Can be used when referring to a woman or man etc.

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Santa The Consummate Entrepreneur

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailMost people think Santa Claus only works one night a year. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, product distribution takes place on one magical night, but Santa’s operation runs year round and is one of the largest manufacturing and distribution operations in the world. 

You’ve probably never considered the fact that Santa is the CEO of a large organization that not only distributes a vast assortment of products throughout the world, but does so in a single night with just a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. Sam Walton would have killed to have Santa’s logistics manual. 

Do I believe in Santa? You bet your red longjohns I do. I especially believe in Santa’s entrepreneurial spirit. Just consider all he does from an entrepreneurial point of view and I think you will start to believe, too.

Santa Is His Own Company Spokesperson 

Santa is a brilliant marketer and knows that his image is the best marketing tool he has. No other face is as recognizable and no other entrepreneur has inspired so many songs. You’ll never hear “An Ode To Jack Welch” on the radio ten times a day. 

Santa’s Customers Love Him

Just say his name around a group of kids and watch their little faces light up like Rudolph’s nose. You will never see Bill Gates get that kind of reaction. Heck, he can’t even make his own kids smile. 

Santa Sets The Bar For All Entrepreneurs

When you list the traits of the perfect entrepreneur, Santa gets the highest marks. He has passion for his work. He loves his customers and will go to great lengths to make sure they are happy. He has the ability to spot consumer trends and bring products to market quickly. He can lead a large organization with a wink of his eye. He inspires those around him. He is tireless. He is dedicated. He is loyal. He is persistent. And above all, he is jolly. Name another jolly entrepreneur (other than Dave Thomas of Wendy’s fame). I bet you can’t. 

Santa Is A Great Leader

Can you imagine trying to manage a few hundred giddy elves who are shut in year round and spend their off hours drinking spiked hot chocolate and doing who knows what with fairy dust? It would be enough to drive even the best of entrepreneurs to hide out at the North Pole. Somehow Santa manages the task without pulling his whiskers out. I expect he has a management system that promotes from within. The hard working elves get into management. The slackers are stuck cleaning up after the reindeer. 

Santa Perfected “Just In Time” Manufacturing

Santa heads up one of the largest, most diverse manufacturing operations in the world. His product lines range from rag dolls to toy trains to rocking horses to baseball gloves for the little kids, to iPods and cellphones and diamond rings for us big kids. Santa’s factory runs year round, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and never, ever suffers from cost overrun or production shut downs. Santa perfected the “just in time” method of production that is used by many of the world’s largest manufacturers today. 

Santa Pioneered Global Product Distribution 

Santa is the king of single channel distribution. How else could he deliver millions of presents to good little girls and boys all around the world on a single night? Santa’s distribution process is a closely-guarded secret (elves and reindeer are required to sign iron-clad nondisclosure agreements), but I expect it involves a highly detailed logistics plan and the best CRM software on the planet. You never hear about Santa calling up a kid and telling them a present is backordered until July. 

Santa’s Delivery & Tracking Systems Are Second To None

If you think FedEx is number one at tracking packages think again. Santa’s track record is spotless. He has never, ever missed a single delivery or left a box sitting on the porch in the rain. Every package is delivered in perfect shape, right under the tree. 

Santa Wrote The Book On Customer Satisfaction

Santa proudly boasts a 100% perfect customer satisfaction rating. You never hear about class action lawsuits and Better Business Bureau complaints against St. NIck. Santa makes sure that his customers are happy and if they aren’t, he’ll come back next year to make things right. If JD Power could find him, I’m sure they would give Santa their Christmas Customer Satisfaction Award. 

Santa Claus Is Watching You

Not everyone believes that Santa is the perfect entrepreneur. There are those kids who complain that Santa never brings what they ask for, but we grown ups know that Santa brings the gift that is deserved, not necessarily the gift that is asked for. 

Here’s a little Christmas tip from your Uncle Tim, boys and girls, ladies and gents: If you get a lump of coal in your stocking this year it’s because you were bad and that’s what you deserved. 

It was not because Santa dropped the ball. 

Merry Christmas everybody!

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