Boredom.v2 -

On the other side of that discomfort is not emptiness. It is the whole, messy, slow, and spectacular world you’ve been scrolling past.

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Every great novel, every scientific breakthrough, every beautiful piece of art began as a single, intolerable moment of Boredom 1.0. The inventor had nothing to do but tinker. The writer had no notifications to check but her own imagination. The philosopher had no doomscroll but his own thoughts. boredom.v2

Turn off the feed. Sit in the silence. Let the itch come. Do not scratch it.

But here is the secret that the algorithms will never tell you: On the other side of that discomfort is not emptiness

You dealt with Boredom 1.0 by staring at the ceiling, daydreaming, or folding paper airplanes. It was uncomfortable, yes. But it was also fertile.

By: The Unplugged Observer

We have a boredom problem. But it’s not the boredom your grandparents knew.