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You might just have to be bored
Once your brain has become accustomed to on-demand distraction, Nass discovered, it’s hard to shake the addiction even when you want to concentrate. To put this more concretely: If every moment of potential boredom in your life—say, having to wait five minutes in line or sit alone in a restaurant until a friend arrives—is relieved with a quick glan
... See moreCal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Now I’m trying really hard to slow down. Pay complete attention. Lately I’ve internalized there’s something so sacred about focus, rather than constantly deliberating between monitor screens and plans and side hustles. Depth rather than breadth. In a world that is increasingly accelerating — social media eyeballs and immediate gratification and a p
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The balance between being and doing is hard. We are obsessed with doing - and when we are not doing, we are looking at our phones, which is the doing that has replaced being. How to build a self ? How to find time to reflect? Time off has become the exercise class, self-improvement, a trip to the therapist, a vacation where the to-do and to-see lis
... See moreJeanette Winterson • SUMMER SOLSTICE 2022
So when I talk about digital detoxing, for example, the number one step is to understand psychological discomfort. It's to understand that boredom is telling you, the emotion is telling you, I am underwhelmed with life. This life doesn't excite me.
The response is not Netflix. The response is how can I make my life more exciting? And once you get th
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The desire to be entertained can be thought of as the need to satiate boredom.