Boredom vs Interest

This may be a little bit of a taboo to talk about but for us, it may be essential to explore.

If you could imagine a weighing scale like the design above. And see interest on the right and boredom on the left. The same task like paying a bill, may lean more on the left of boredom this week. But months ago you had a spurt of energy and maybe even a friend to help you. That is when it felt interesting and it was leaning to the right.

That is how sterngths/challenges and interests/boredom work. They are not definitively boring or interesting but the context, environment and when you approach the task have a huge impact.

Whenever I bring this tool/visual to someone’s attention, they light up. Because not only does it feel true to our experiences. But we sense a level of control over this, vs just having a black and white assumption.

What we need to understand is what in the middle is helping this scale lean it more to the left and what makes it lean more to the right.

This does not mean that you are bored and therefore it is magically supported by this understanding. But through experimentation and new found data points, this balance feels a lot easier to hold or at least contextualise with more nuance.

It will take action and it will take practise for you to find these factors. I would say it’s where I as a coach create the space to figure this out. But truth be told, you could do this with a friend.

I never want to make you feel like the coaching space is the only way to uncover this. That is never the case, but some do really benefit from the space.

Message me if you’d like to explore this a little more