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The best cure for boredom is to cultivate tolerance for boredom by doing boring things without listening to music or watching youtube at the same time. Just sit
by prometheus76 4y ago
The best cure for boredom is to cultivate tolerance for boredom by doing boring things without listening to music or watching youtube at the same time. Just sit there and draw or whittle or carve wood or do the dishes or play solitaire with a physical deck of cards. No music. No instagram.
A small way to start this journey: don't take your phone in the bathroom. Don't read the shampoo bottle instead. Just sit there and do your business without being constantly stimulated.
Try prayer or meditation. Eventually, you won't feel compelled to build Comic Sans eyesores to chase the anxiety away.
- kretaceous 4y agoIgnoring your last sentence, I agree with this. I learnt cubing and have been enjoying it as a break from tech/screens!
- al_borland 4y ago>cubing Is that solving Rubik's cubes? I learned that during the downtime in 2020. Most of my speed gains from 10 minutes down to a minute or so came while mindlessly solving it over and over again while watching TV to build muscle memory. It didn't do a great job getting me away from screens. I didn't go crazy learning a million algorithms to get my times down below 1 minutes though. I have no ambitions to compete.
- Phileosopher 4y agoThis was meant as a catharsis, not anything to legitimately "cure" boredom. In retrospect, I should have dropped the "permanent" portion of the post. I can't say I reflect well with meditation and prayer, but I'm now aware that it's bound heavily to my personality. Or, it could be that I don't think I spend a single day not having a niggling awareness of our inevitable end. Either way, it's not my scene.
- prometheus76 4y agoPrayer and meditation help you deal with that exact anxiety. May you find peace in your journey.