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We're Not Bored Anymore, and We Should Be
Is doing this difficult? Yes. But do I absolutely dread what my life will be if I don’t learn how to be bored and learn how to think again? Absolutely. Boredom is agitating and even unnerving sometimes. What’s even more terrifying to me though, is the notion that I will one day self medicate myself with mind numbing media so much to the point where... See more
Elle • We're Not Bored Anymore, and We Should Be
Boredom is seen more as a void and a black hole in our lives instead of a blank canvas that can transform into something new and something creative. In a complete vacuum of distractions and outside noise, we are able to think in depth, create more freely, and form clear opinions of our own. Our attention spans are shrinking as we use the instant... See more
Elle • We're Not Bored Anymore, and We Should Be
A 2017 article explains this feeling of boredom as ‘ecological boredom’, saying “because we’re bombarded with increasing doses of glamour, glitz, buzz, celebrity, hype, and excitement, we initially find the natural world mundane”, which feels even more true eight years later.
Elle • We're Not Bored Anymore, and We Should Be
Retrospectively, my childhood was a thin tightrope balancing act between a past analog and a future digital world