Not all may agree on this, but for many, whether they’re aware of it or not, our ambition in life sums up to our free time; and in fact, much of what we do — fulfil basic needs, pay the bills, work and learn — is to eventually have this precious resource, called “free time”. Some of us who seek higher meaning may ask themselves, “why am I here?”, and if we’re to think about it more honestly, is so we could watch more T.V, spend more time with our families, rest and play — literally anything that translates to what we call “free time”.
What is free time? It is the one period of our lives where we truly have the ability to do things on our own genuine will. When it comes to work, we mainly do it for the money, and if given the choice, we would either volunteer or give up on work entirely, wouldn’t we? How many of us can come out clean and say, that they work because they love working? That they learn in school or university because they love learning and not just doing so for the grades or for the next degree? Since civilization is built around money, it is inevitable that we need to strive to get as much of it as we can if it means we’ll be able to survive, keep a roof under our heads, enjoy entertainment and pass our genes to a generation whose childhood we’ll be able to afford.
Beyond boredom, who doesn’t like free time? It is the time when we have the sincerest say in it; not the teacher’s, the boss’s or your lecturer’s. Should you do something that you have enough of, when you have free time, you can just decide to do something else and no one would complain, because when you have free time, you are the most supreme authority. This is why people love their vacations, their day’s offs, their personal rooms and their money — it’s because when we have free time, we are the most superior deciders of our actions.
It is when we have our independent choice of what to do with our time, is when we are free to pursue our truest desires and interests in life, whatever they may be. Should we be aware enough of ourselves and of what actually interest us in this existence, is when we’ll be finally able to seize the most optimal potential of our time on Earth. Those who suffer from boredom on their free time — these are people who have yet to realize what makes them feel satisfied beyond the fulfilment of basic needs.