When Boredom Attacks at Your Place

Boredom has been my biggest attacker when I am in the middle of my office works. It usually crawls from my toes to the top of my head until I get suffocated by its claws. So, for remedies, which can be applicable to anyone at any circumstances, I formulated the following (while deadline gets into my nerves) not quite the solutions but at least they can soothe you while still finding any recipes to wipe out boredom syndrome.

1. Play mind games on your computer.

   My boss told that it's okay to play brain teasing games while inside our cubicles. So playing becomes a habit. Or even worse than that, even the boss seemed to be not existing at all when I once became engrossed by the game. Well, playing the same was empowered by his superior permission that enjoying it is worth the compensated hours. Voila!

2. Talk to the boss about his interests.

   When you don't want to work on your reports and beat the deadline then get a chance to approach your superior and open up with things he or she is eager to talk about. However, before you engage yourself with anything with the big man or woman, be sure that he or she is in the brightest mood. Otherwise, you might end up being "expelled".

3. Invite everyone to have a 3:00 PM habit.

   My office mates and I made a habit to have tea or coffee break at 3:00 PM every office day. We consume at least an hour for that to cure our daily boredoms. Our superiors get involve, of course. The superiors are accommodated gracefully for the sake of the "tea or coffee party". It is being ensured that they get VIP treatments. At the same time, we make sure the bosses are having so much fun to add savor to our so-called freedom for less tension to our compensated party.

4. Write to your blog or journal.

   I always avoided the thought of writing, of filling the blank entries in my online journals. Now, I realize I have wasted so much time of not spilling all the thoughts I have, all the yummy ideas I neglected to burst out. There is so much fun in writing, so much gratification by the time you opened up yourself to the world of literary. You become free, at least you have acquired a free outlet for your never ending worries and mental tortures. It is all about having a private counselor, by yourself. So grab your keyboard and spill it out till your fingers surrender. Just pretend you are writing your reports when the boss goes around for workplace check up.

5. Manage your work area/cubicle.

   Try to fit everything to suitable places, your files, you paper clips, fasteners, etc. Clean everything. Get rid of unwanted files. Rearrange your filing boxes and computer set. Reorganize your filing system if needed, also your computer files.

At the end, it's worth it, really.