Tag: boredom
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Manuel Moreale on silence
Manuel Moreale, who is purposefully taking in far less information during the month of June, mentions this about the silent periods that he used to fill in with podcasts: First couple of days I could see my brain wanting to fill the silence with something but that was mostly out of habit more than anything.…
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Craig Mod on boredom
Craig Mod, writing for Literary Hub: When I’m not talking, just walking (which is most of the time), I try to cultivate the most bored state of mind imaginable. A total void of stimulation beyond the immediate environment. My rules: No news, no social media, no podcasts, no music. No “teleporting,” you could say. The…
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Creatively bored
Filmosaur*: Sure, I took a few photos here and there, but there’s no real creativity, no real meaning. Perhaps an occasional photo managed to capture something more than an utterly prosaic image, but it feels accidental rather than deliberate. So rather than bore others – again, a Very Bad Thing in my weltanshauung – I just didn’t…
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The “What To Do When You’re Bored” list
I can honestly say that I cannot remember a time when I was actually bored. I’ve heard many people say that they get bored, especially younger people, and it baffles me. Isn’t the world filled with more than enough things to do to save us from boredom? I thought I’d take the time to jot…