1) choose to focus on the sensory input you’re receiving. The view of the scenery around you, the noise around you, the wind on your skin. Cars and their passengers can be interesting in their own right- people watching still exists.
2) meditate or think about something.
Those are substantially better than refreshing HN, Instagram, etc for the hundredth time that day.
Being bored is a choice. It takes work to not reflexively pull open Reddit. I still struggle with this from time to time.
I’ve started leaving my phone at home when I walk my dog to get coffee every morning. The first few days, maybe even weeks, it was actually pretty uncomfortable. (What does a normal person do at the crosswalk without a phone??) Now I kind of like it. I think about what I have to do for the day and mentally plan out how I’ll tackle it.
The only major downside is when I think of something I want to write down or look up.
1) choose to focus on the sensory input you’re receiving. The view of the scenery around you, the noise around you, the wind on your skin. Cars and their passengers can be interesting in their own right- people watching still exists.
2) meditate or think about something.
Those are substantially better than refreshing HN, Instagram, etc for the hundredth time that day.
Being bored is a choice. It takes work to not reflexively pull open Reddit. I still struggle with this from time to time.