Reply To: Self-Improvement & Sense of Purpose. Do you Need it? How does it Work for You?

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This is copied from discord.  Candy Drinker had posted it there, in response to my questions. He doesn't have an account, but this is what he said:

Boredom is a human condition, I think that a person, if bored, will start doing something that keeps them occupied and this shouldn't be difficult for a non depressed person whereas in depression there might be a huge lack of motivation and the depressed person won't likely do anything about their boredom and will continue to be bored. Maybe what Auburn is trying to say is that Pe users are more prone to boredom but a healthy Pe user will do something to overcome the boredom and will no longer be bored eventually.
I am not an official Pe dom but I'm very likely a Pe dom and I can say, about the improvement thing, that I always try to improve myself, to improve my ideas and I'm often hungry for new knowledge so, admitting that I'm a Pe dom, here's a counter-example to the idea that Pe doms won't search for self improvement
Anyway I wouldn't see boredom as a negative thing, I think it could be a very effective incentive to do things. Also in my personal experience I noticed that less smart people I know are rarely bored (exception for the extra busy people I know who have always something to do)