Bored

     Merriam-Webster defines boredom as "the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest".  Although I understand the literal meaning of the word, it is the concept of boredom that I can not grasp.  It's not that I have never been bored, but the times that I have been are because I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time, a place that I don't feel I belong.    To be bored on a daily basis is something I have yet to experience.  If being bored is the product of doing something with lack of interest, wouldn't a mere solution to the problem be to simply change your course of action or at least your perspective of what you are doing?  Of course if boredom makes you happy, then by all means continue to do what you love.
     I began thinking about the phenomenon of "boredom" after hearing it over and over again from someone close to me.  It seems as though she is always bored and searching for something that makes her happy.  A funny thing is that her husband is always bored too.  Is it just me that sees the forest through the trees? Perhaps, her and her husband are bored of each other?  Why not just do what makes you happy?  The funny thing is that I am the one she turns to in these times of "I am so bored and have nothing else to do, so I called you".   (I must admit that it is nice to know you are needed, even if the person has expired every other option beforehand.) 
     Of course everyone is bored now and again, when sitting in traffic or waiting in line at the post office, but choosing how to react to the situation is what constitutes boredom.   So every time I run around thinking of how much I do in a given day, I remember her.  It's better to have a lot to do, than be bored.  At least that's my opinion.