Some
workout channels on YT advertise sessions put together for people who
get easily bored. These workouts had new movements all the time keeping
my attention at a higher level than comfortable for me. It really wasn't
my favorite workout! Obviously, there are individual differences and it
could be useful to think about your personal style and if it has an
impact on your learning. So what is your way, your actual style to get
bored?
Do you get easily bored?
There is a need for
repetition when you want to grow your muscles, brain structure, or nerve
paths. In tango, many skills need quite a lot of rehearsing and if you
get bored on those drills before you reach your goal it will keep you
back on the tango path. If this happens often on your projects take a
look at the situation and find a way around this hindrance. There are
for sure ways to push your boring limit later!
Bored at the correct moment!
There
are definitely situations when boring is just a correct indicator that
you are not captivated by your goal and it is maybe best to skip the
training! Or it just indicates that you actually have reached your
learning goal and your mind cannot find anything interesting left to
explore on the subject. It's time to move on!
Or do you get bored (too) late as I easily do?
Hard
to get bored is not necessarily a good alternative either! I have
noticed that I easily continue repeating things far beyond the moment I
made the last active effort to learn something new on the subject. When
the repetition has an air of exploring I would continue or if I feel
that there is a stabilization process of the knowledge or a movement,
going on I would continue. On contrary, if the repetition is just a dull
rolling on a daily routine it should be checked out. I have learned to
recognize these change points but earlier I was continuing too far and
losing time!
Move sideways or push deeper when you get bored!
During
an ordinary training with TangoTools milonga steps, (which are easily
added to a training routine without any preparations. I'm just saying!) I
became aware of something new. I do not remember the exact clip but it
was one similar to this.
Usually,
I change to a new video on Sunday after a number of repetitions during
the week. Normally I was doing the steps reasonably well so the shift
was ok, based on the fact that I couldn't find any new details to add to
or correct on my repetitions. A stable routine to grow my basic
step-pool!
Then for some reason, I continued to repeat the old
video longer than usual. In the middle of a later session, I suddenly
noticed that my steps were not clean!. I didn't just land on my feet but
there was also a tiny little flex, an extra movement I had not been
aware of earlier. I remember that some teachers had talked about a
problem with my walk but at that time I didn't get it. - I wasn't aware
of the flex at all, but this simple, repetitive movement pushed my brain
to find something to work with and it started to track the detailed
step process deeper and new information about the movement became
available.
The thoughts about the student's boring points were
inspiring but not bringing any radical change to my mind. On
contrary, the idea of my possibility to choose at a certain level of
boringness to advance sideways or drill deeper has became a new instrument
in my learning toolbox!
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. boringness - extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
dreariness, insipidity, insipidness
dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.
bor·ing | \ ˈbȯr-iŋ \
Definition of boring
: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : TIRESOME
a boring lecture
ADJECTIVE
dull; repetitious; uninteresting
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