[dangond]

> It's like the SV lifestyle created ADHD in him.

I'm not in Silicon Valley, but I am in tech, and I notice myself slipping towards this as well. More and more, I find myself letting the current hot topic of the day run through my mind non-stop, over and over. I am unable to simply take a break from it all. I no longer have the patience to just sit on a deck for an hour with my own thoughts, I have to be reading news articles or learning a new skill or I feel like I am "wasting" my time.

I am envious of you and your kindergarten friends. Most of my high school and college friends have moved away, and I don't reach out to them enough.

[baq]

Turns out being bored is a skill that needs to be practiced. It’s kind of like mediation except not cool.

[nightowl_games]

I'm almost forced into it now that I'm a parent cause I simply don't have enough energy to do anything. It was kinda hard at first, but now I'm tuned to actually enjoy purely doing nothing. Like we're talking sit on a lawn chair on the deck for 45 minutes at the end of the day before I go to bed.

[baq]

Have 4 kids. Yes.