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Many British women are bored according to some recent research
And their top points of boredom are
Routine
Lack of social life
Job
Lack of holidays
Housework
Appearance
Depressing news
Eating the same things all the time
The house
Responsibilities
And then these are the things that they wish they could do
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Go to an airport and get the next available flight to anywhere
Emigrate
Tell people what they really think of them
Hand in their notice without another job to go to
Have a dramatic hair cut
Put the house up for sale and buy a new one
Try something new in the bedroom
Go back to school
Book in for a boob job
Sing in public
Were these women representative of the greater British sisterhood, I suspect not, although we are told that two thirds of British women feel this way?
Did none of them think that they are free to change their lives?
Did they really believe that by going 'over there' instead of being 'over here' life would suddenly magically become a dream state?
Presumably they feel trapped and feel that they cannot change their lives
Women in most of the world would love to have the (relative) security that these British women have
A different body of research found that most British women today
Cannot cook
Cannot sew
Cannot darn
Cannot knit
Have a clue about what is under the bonnet of their cars
Change a car tire
Speak another language
Grow anything
Fix simple wiring faults
Make bread
Make butter
Prepare and preserve foods such as jams, potatoes, mushrooms etc
I will not go on however it seems that something sticks out here
Can it be that our modern life is leading us into a state where we are 'conveniencing' ourselves to death?
Most young British women today have no idea what life is like without a car, microwave, washing machine, cooker, hot water, heating, electricity, holidays and the rest
For these young women the idea of travel is number one on their list
To go where?
To do what?
A romantic adventure perhaps?
And when the music stops what then?
The antidote to boredom is not out there somewhere
Although to be fair a good portion of the world's 'uber rich' spend much of their time endlessly circling the globe from one 'can't-miss' event to another
Ask them how happy they are
It is then quickly observable that endless movement does not do it
They are not the happiest people on the planet!
The constant travel and movement just dulls the senses a bit
Anesthetizes
Keeps them busy
And it does not address why you are bored
Yes the routines are there
Any animal has routines, look around you
However removing the ones you have merely exchanges one set for another
The answer is not singing in the wind
The answer is not out there somewhere
It is inside you
It is as the ancients knew something inside you
Try looking at yourself
Try changing your perceptions
Your values
Your thinking
Yes we are heading for very interesting times when the portion of womanhood who have all the conveniences are bored and the rest can only dream of such luxury
It is not as if previous civilisations have not been here before
There is ample evidence that previous humanity understood that the answers to a full and rich life are to be found inside us through internal work and introspection
My best wishes to these young women and may they get their travel to 'anywhere' and hopefully beyond that find and create rich and rewarding lives for themselves
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Somehow I rather doubt it
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