What Boredom Can Teach Us

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The wisdom he shares here is akin to that of many successful, insightful writers such as Cal Newport and Josef Pieper. You can find the works Fr. Mike references here:

Cal Newport's Deep Work
Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture

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0:00.0	How many of you have been on the mic?
0:01.0	And this is essentially presents.
0:03.0	So it's summertime.
0:04.0	Congratulations, Summer.
0:05.3	And you who are experiencing Summer.
0:07.6	With Summer comes Summer Break.
0:09.7	I guess if you're in school.
0:11.1	Or if you're like a downhill ski instructor,
0:14.0	that takes the Summer's off.
0:15.9	Something like that.
0:16.4	And so with Summer Break, I remember having Summer Break
0:19.5	and just loving them, but also getting bored.
0:22.0	Remember, this is for the adults.
0:24.0	Remember being bored in Summer Break.
0:26.4	A lot of times we were so bored.
0:28.7	We would get bored with things.
0:30.4	And it was interesting because we'd go to my mom and my dad.
0:33.1	And like, oh, I'm so bored.
0:34.3	Or we'd say about this task or this thing or this moment.
0:38.6	Like, oh, this is so boring.
0:39.6	Or that's so boring.
0:41.1	And my mom and dad, they had this response.
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