[jm__87]

Personally I feel like many millenials (of which I am also one) just have too many distractions we can indulge in at home by ourselves now (internet, social media, youtube, netflix, video games), so there is no boredom to quench to force yourself out of your house to do stuff. For me, turning off autoplay on youtube and netflix, selling my video games, cancelling cable TV, quitting Facebook and Reddit have all had a net positive impact on my life. Of course there are still people in my generation who do go out and do stuff and you can be one of them too if you choose to be.

[ravenstine]

I don't disagree, but I also think this isn't merely a generational thing. I've long noticed my parent's generation slowly melting in front of TVs, flipping between boring show after boring show, hardly spending time doing other things or forming friendships. Millennials are really just like their parents, but for them the TV remote became their mobile phones.

[imh]

I'll second that. Cut out the mildly boredom quenching pastimes (like Netflix) and cut out the pseudo-interaction pastimes (like Facebook), and what's left are the higher value things you already wish you did more of. You'll find yourself getting a little more bored without Netflix and a little more in need of socializing without Facebook, which makes gets you over the mental threshold to doing those high value activities naturally.