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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Not to claim equivalence or anything, but smartphone and the internet (ironic saying so here I know).

I’m a xennial … old enough to remember living without all this and the middle time where computers were either games or just useful tools.

For me, and I’m pretty sure many others, I’m pretty convinced it’s better that way.

I’d really like to get away from these things, at least just to relearn older habits.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am confronting the fact that I have lost the ability to just be bored. I need to get that back.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Yep! Embracing boredom is likely the path back. Because it’s not a dead space. It’s a canvas.

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