> We did nothing, and it was horrible. Actually having time to think about things and to observe and experience your environment isn't so bad. Books, magazines

> We did nothing, and it was horrible. Actually having time to think about things and to observe and experience your environment isn't so bad. Books, magazines, newspapers, comics and graphic novels, paper notebooks/journals, and sketchbooks aren't bad either. On the video game side, portable game systems have existed for decades. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance had some of the same great game series (Zelda, Mario, Pokémon, Final Fantasy) that we enjoy today on Switch. The games weren't cheap, but they also weren't tainted by obnoxious "f2p" monetization schemes. Video games also used to come with printed manuals that were fun to read. On Sega's Game Gear you could even watch TV. Portable music players have also been a thing for decades, from transistor radios to the cassette walkman to boom boxes to the minidisc to the iPod. Personally I find boom boxes to be less annoying than tiktok/youtube/etc. at max volume on a phone. Pre-iPhone I had single-purpose devices like a terrific compact digital camera (with optical zoom) and an iPod. And feature phones often had texting, simple games, and even basic cameras. If all of those media and technology options fail(ed), you could even consider striking up a conversation with someone.