Prompt: What is something that makes you bored, explain.

I think there are a lot of interesting experiences in life, but there are also instances where I find it utterly boring and depressing. However, out of them all, waiting is the most boring to me. Even though we live in HK (a very busy place) but there are times where we are spending time just waiting for something to happen. When I go into a test, we would have to wait to make sure everything is right before we could start it, to me I just want to get it over with, but the circumstances are not allowing it. Another instance is spending time on transportation, going to anywhere in HK takes up a decent amount of time especially if you are travelling during the rush hours. During the rush hours, we usually have to wait up to 10-15 min for a train to come, or 20 min for a bus or minibus to come. And it is during those times that I find it the most boring. I have tried different ways to fight this boredom when I am waiting, in my opinion we are bored of waiting is because we have expectations for the events that are soon coming (both good or bad). But it is when we have such high or low expectations for something that waiting for that to happen or just getting over with creates tension or stress which makes it boring. Therefore I tried to fight boredom with just equally exciting activities, some of these could include using my phone or talking to others, and this helped me a lot with fighting boredom, but there would still be times that you could not find activities or you just run out of them. As a result, even living in such a bustling and busy city, there would be instances that time just slow down for me and yet there is nothing I can do to better utilize this time.

Review: This quick write was one where I typed the most, and yet struggled at the same time. A lot of the times when I am doing my quick writes, I find it hard for me to think of what to write, as the prompt given was usually very far-fetched and I do not seem to think about it much; but this quick write was extra hard for me as I struggled for the first few minutes to think of what to write. At the end I came up with the topic of waiting, as I usually get paranoid about it. I feel like quick writes is a great way to encourage myself to think and learn more about myself, which is why I put this piece of writing here.