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> How generally do you pass time when you're bored? I’m never bored.
by 3rd3 12y ago
> How generally do you pass time when you're bored?
I’m never bored.
- wicker 12y agoHow do you manage that? I basically said, if I realize I'm bored then I take it as an indicator that there's a deeper problem with me and I should get some sunshine or take a walk. For me, the root of boredom is avoidant behavior.
- AngrySkillzz 12y agoEver since the advent of the smartphone and the fast web, I haven't really been bored either. Distraction is just a tap or a click away. I think it's unfortunate, actually; I feel like a lot of our best ideas and thinking time comes from boredom.
- cyphunk 12y agodistraction is just a more desperate form of boredom. but i get what you mean
- sejje 12y agoAgree. Also feel like I'd solve my boredom with more gratifying endeavors--creating things--than my typical method, which is "read about other people creating things." I'm one of those people who can't get past feeling like I'm wasting non-productive time.
- Maken 12y agoI don't think boredom is the same that having nothing to do.
- poulsbohemian 12y ago> For me, the root of boredom is avoidant behavior. Yes! With three kids, a business to run, and a household to care for, I'm never bored. There's always something that needs to be done. I come from generations of farmers, and it has always seemed to be that when someone says "I'm bored" they are really saying "I'm lazy and don't want to do the next thing that needs to be done."
- sneak 12y agoI manage it by having an asston of personal projects I never have time to properly finish. There's always more to be done than time to do it.
- danielweber 12y agoHonestly, when a work problem is too annoying, I open a new tab and go to one of about 4 sites, HN being one. I stop when I notice I'm doing it, but it's often reflexive. I'm giving my brain a little hit of endorphins to offset an annoying real-life problem. This cycle could easily end up vicious. Now, pardon me, I need to go back and deal with that bug. Edit I'm kind of glad Google Reader closed down, because I was spending too much time "keeping up with things" and not enough time "getting things done."
- Maken 12y agoI don't believe you.
- emotionalcode 12y agoWhat is boredom to someone who meditates?
- 3rd3 12y agoIn moments I used to be bored as a kid I now have something to think about (about work, side-projects, internet comments, books etc.) or have an internet enabled device that shows me something interesting. I might be forced to be bored, for example when I have to watch a boring film, play a boring game or read a boring text, but I guess that's not what they are asking about.