2025-01-17 – Health – www.theguardian.com
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I knew that I wanted to make a change when I couldn’t go longer than five minutes without needing some sort of stimulus. Music, podcasts, movies, reels, a combination of them or all at once (maybe) made up the soundtrack of my life. This inability to sit still, to pay attention without seeking distraction, is not unique to me, nor is the feeling that the infinite scroll leaves you depleted and feeling more bored. But I don’t want to default to this state of being.
I want to stop using screens, music and podcaststo fill in the gaps when I should have downtime. I want to be able to be bored. For me, boredom is a state where nothing seems to curb the appetite of…