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“But boredom is when life happens.
Boredom is when you do the dishes, run the errand you’ve been putting off, respond to the text you’ve left on read. Boredom is when you bring a book to read on the subway or make small talk with the person in front of you in line about how slow the pharmacy is. Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel like you have life under control.”
Boredom is when you do the dishes, run the errand you’ve been putting off, respond to the text you’ve left on read. Boredom is when you bring a book to read on the subway or make small talk with the person in front of you in line about how slow the pharmacy is. Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel like you have life under control.”
Apr 2, 2025
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Lynda Barry’s advice column and her response to this question:
Dear Lynda, When you get bored, and you're so bored you don't even want to do anything to break up the boredom—it's that creeping, infectious boredom that's kind of like an anger—how do you avoid drinking too much?
Thanks, Tipsy in Texas Generally have been thinking a lot about childhood boredom (not the depressive insidious boredom + drudgery of modern adult life that is referred to here), the function of it, and how there’s all these pop psych methods about ~getting in touch with your inner child~ but I think it could also be helpful to just allow yourself to be bored sometimes. Not a cell phone in sight type vibes. Literally watch some mf paint dry. I built worlds from boredom as a child. Summer is the perfect time to be bored.
Boredom > Noticing > Attention > Presence
Dear Lynda, When you get bored, and you're so bored you don't even want to do anything to break up the boredom—it's that creeping, infectious boredom that's kind of like an anger—how do you avoid drinking too much?
Thanks, Tipsy in Texas Generally have been thinking a lot about childhood boredom (not the depressive insidious boredom + drudgery of modern adult life that is referred to here), the function of it, and how there’s all these pop psych methods about ~getting in touch with your inner child~ but I think it could also be helpful to just allow yourself to be bored sometimes. Not a cell phone in sight type vibes. Literally watch some mf paint dry. I built worlds from boredom as a child. Summer is the perfect time to be bored.
Boredom > Noticing > Attention > Presence
Jul 4, 2024
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😃no one is bored, everything is boring. making time in your day to be decidedly bored, unoccupied, off your phone, wandering lousily, a tiny bit lazy, and creative is very refreshing.
May 19, 2025
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😎i feel like i gotta let myself be bored more. i freak out when i have nothing stimulating or nothing to do, but in a society that relies so heavily on productivity and buying stuff, how about i just let myself have nothing to do? and allow the feelings that come with it i guess. half the time im only doing things to show people i do things.
Dec 27, 2024
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🖥bring back “computer time”. bring back logging in and logging off