🧩 Philosophy 4h ago · warner

A Gentle Guide to Boredom

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It's the strangest feeling, isn't it? It reminds me of an emotion, but rather than residing in the heart, it's in the mind. How does it work for you? Perhaps you need to slow down enough to induce it in yourself, to gather accurate data on what is actually happening when you feel this way.

To me, it feels as if my brain is searching for something to pay attention to, and is coming up short. It wants to be immersed, and is finding nothing it deems valuable to be immersed in. Sometimes when it's

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