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I just want to wake up, get breakfast and look outside for a bit but when i grab my phone for something important thereās just so many things that can suck me in, it scares me how difficult it is to live with boredom
Jan 22, 2025
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Weāve all been there before: Iām in line to renew a car tag, Iām waiting for my to-go order, Iāve sat down in the classroom waiting for the professor to arrive, etc. Iāve noticed all of us (myself included) can tend to reach for our phones, but Iām fighting against that urge!! A few years ago I developed the phrase āpractice being bored.ā As a true Millennial, I have lost some tolerance for boredom that I used to possess. āBack in my dayā (lol) I remember not having the option of looking at a phone (but boy did I play some Snake once I got one!). So when I say āpractice being bored,ā I mean that literally. I try to just sit, wait, and do nothing. I look around and watch others, observe details in the environment, day dream.
But what do I do if the urge is too strong? I have developed a few ideas for when the boredom is impossible to beat (inspired by my momās bag of tricks she would bring around with us as kids to keep us occupied).
- Rubikās cube: I taught myself how to solve it in high school via YouTube (so many videos available now, but the series I used is by user Dan Brown). Not only is the cube a great party trick, but it acts as the ideal fidget spinner. Even if you want to raw dog trying to figure it out, itās a good way to pass the time.
- Book: Breaking News, local girl recommends reading to solve all of lifeās problems! I get it, yet another person on the Internet telling you to āpick up a book.ā But like drinking water and exercise, unfortunately the experts (me) are right about this one!! Once my mom said āI own all of the books in the world, the library just stores them for me,ā and I encourage you to check them out (literally).
- Notebook: the MAGIC of a notebook, I am in awe. So many great solo and team activities you can do with some paper and a pen. Make lists (that you can post later here, see what I did!), draw objects or people around you, scribble circles and then fill them in a la Mircrosoft Paint style. Thereās also a fun game you can play with another person that I call the āDot Gameā where you draw rows of dots, and you and the other person take turns drawing lines connecting the dots to make square boxes. If the line you draw makes a box, you put your initial in the box. The goal is to make the most boxes.
- Clean out bag/purse/wallet: I like to use āin-between timeā to āget my life togetherā by cleaning out all of the random receipts, lipgloss, detritus of my life from the various bags I carry around with me.
Iād love to know what you may do to fight the Phone Urge as well!
Mar 23, 2025
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I had to get an app that blocks Instagram in very specific ways, like allows me into friend dms but ejects me from reels and comment sections, but holy shit. I havent watched a single reel in I think a bit over a week. and I'm finally starting to see change only now...
today was the best day I've had in a long time - nothing happened that was great, but I FELT great. I finally felt bored enough with entertainment to do chores by choice and not self-force. I know I'll still have ups and down but the amount of mental energy I've got rn in comparison is staggering. even though I still try to reach for it constantlyĀ . I don't know if I'll keep this up forever but I think my relationship with my phone is changed completely
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