Restlessness is a by-product of boredom. Restlessness is an indication of the body; the body is saying, “Move away from here. Go anywhere, but don’t be here.” But, the mind goes on smiling and the eyes go on sparkling, and you go on saying that you are listening and you have never heard such a beautiful thing. Drugs can really mess you up but there is not an easy fix. Drugs are drugs, they will always be around, deal with the symptoms for your actions.
The restlessness is so persistent that it sometimes makes you want to jump out of your skin. Most of the time, however, you just feel that you can’t get comfortable no matter how you position your legs at night. The restlessness is particularly obvious in the way they have to keep moving their hands and they have to have a job on hand. When they can’t work any longer, for instance after retirement, they become anxious and more restless.
Boredom is an emotion that needs to be managed. This often difficult to deal with, especially they have plenty of toys and gadgets. Boredom is a disconnection from meaningful involvements and purposes. When we know we’re doing something important or when something valuable is at stake, boredom is gone. Boredom, in which case, becomes a precious window into the mind itself.
Boredom is the end result of every activity that was undertaken with intent to escape from boredom because a restless mind will sooner or later become bored with its new stimulus, new excitement and find itself at the same place where it had started?
Boredom and restlessness are both just states in the mind that can be worked with. Even so, it doesn’t mean that it is wrong for you to travel or to wish to spend time someplace else, only that you can use the awareness of that restlessness and wanderlust to practice patience and endurance.
