Things for ENTP types to do when bored in a lecture.

There are two times you will find me yawning and looking zoned out. The first is when I'm tired and the other when I'm bored. Usually its the latter.

Boredom is something I seem to experience very very often. Most things seem too 'Normal' and bore me. I need the new, the  complex and the challenging for my mind to be engaged.

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    According to Mbti typology I type as an Entp. 

   Entp and Enfp types have Ne (extroverted intuition) as their dominant function. Ne is a free flowing, creative function which seeks possibilities; the new and exciting. Entp and Enfp types make good conversationalists partly due to this Ne function. It also means both Entp and Enfp types tend to have tonnes to talk about as the activities and topics they involve their selves in are not limited in any way. Everything is interesting. Everything 'may' come in use one day. Everything is 'worth' checking out. It explains why both Entp and Enfp types are ever so curious and also never seem to run out of things to talk about.

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  However, every strength has a down side.

    Ne is focused so strongly on change and the future that it struggles  with staying in the moment.
It is restless. It hates being at a standstill.
For this reason  Entp and Enfp types are likely to be hyperactive. Many are easily diagnosed with ADHD. Usually it's simply boredom.

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Here I have compiled a mini list of things I do when I am bored (During a lecture or meeting - When it is way too rude to just walk out.)

Don't forget to comment with the things you do. Especially if you are an Entp or Enfp.

• Create a To Do list. I prefer writing my lists however, a good app is Any do. Evernote is another one  great for  lists and brainstorming. You are able to attach images, documents, links, maps and much more. Use it for your journal writing or your projects.

•Brain storm ideas for projects. (It's what Ne is awesome at.)

•Have a peak in my Pocket app where I enjoy saving articles that I don't have enough time to read. It comes in handy when I am bored.
Read a Psychologies, Fortune or Scientific American Mind magazine. (Basically any magazine apart from Vogue unless I'm very bored.) I recently picked up a True Crime magazine. It turned out an 'OK' read. (If anyone knows of a brilliant crime magazine -preferably covering the psych of murderers- let me know. I find serial killers so fascinating.)

•Search apps for productivity and memory. A favourite is Wunderlist. I love how you can create categories and then add things to do, If you are an Entp you will think of bazillion things that need doing and then your introverted thinking will kick in which wants to categorise everything. That's why Wunderlist is very handy. 

 Many Entp and Enfp types struggle with concentration. Lumosity is a great website where you can play games to improve memory and concentration. As an added bonus you can create an account and save your progress.

•Learn a language. (Spanish at the moment as I plan on visiting in a few months!)
A good app is Duolingo.

• Listen to a talk on Ted.

 Here are my favourite ones:

Brene' Brown's talk on vulnerability is very powerful and a must listen. Click here.

Fond of spoken word and some optimism? You will love Sara Kay. Here's the link to her talk 'If I should have a daughter'.

•Go crazy and enroll on way too many paid for and free online courses. Currently I am doing 5 paid for online courses and 5 free mini courses on Edx. (Ranging from Chinese Thought  to Neuroscience.)
Edx is a fantastic website so check it out. Just keep the Ne in check!

• Read controversial topics and look into arguments of both sides whether its capital punishment or  abortion.

•Purchase or then add books to my Amazon wish list. A recent addition is Toxic Childhood by Sue Palmer.

• Blog. This is a new thing so let's see how long it lasts. Apparently, I should be getting bored eventually. 

                Till next time!

                Haleema

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