Exercise: (pg. 76) Decision Scene

Boredom and homesickness are two activities or state of minds I have experienced. Boredom is a state of mind I am much more familiar with, because I feel like its much easier to find yourself in a boring situation, for example, college classes 75% of the time. I find myself bored when nothing is on TV, when I'm listening to people talk about nothing of interest, when no one is around to hang out with. Homesickness I have only truly felt a few times, sometimes it's missing home in New Jersey, which I've only experienced in May of this year and recently about a week ago. When I was home for fall break in October, I was able to experience fall in the North. I got pumpkins with my mom and had cider plus the fall weather plus the leaves and bare trees, all was so amazing and I forgot how unique it was since I was living in 80 degree weather the last 3 months. Once I got back to school I had such a craving to be back in that environment back home, and felt homesick from New Jersey again. In September, I had a wedding in Colorado, and the feeling I felt to get back to SC was unbearable. As soon as I got there I was counting down the nights I had to sleep in the hotel bed until I was back at school. I thought that was an odd feeling because I was surrounded by my entire family, so what could I be missing?

These two feelings are so completely different to me, and do not usually relate to one another. Being bored is something that could usually be fixed by something, but homesickness is a feeling inside that you cannot even place a finger on why or how you began to feel like that