Being bored is a lost art
The one thing that almost makes me miss my one-hour commute every morning and afternoon is that I got to spend so much time just staring out of the train windows. It was almost a bit like meditating.
I’m so envious of a one hour train commute over my current one hour car commute. Sometimes I take the train (depends on which site I have to go to that day) and that’s so nice to just… Zone out. But in the car? Two hours everyday of bumper to bumper traffic and I have to constantly pay attention and be locked in. I feel so drained coming home from those days.
From when? It’s kind of rewriting history when people pretend they did nothing before modern tech.
People had plenty else to do. It was just different.
Never before in human history have people been constantly stimulated at almost all times. Even 30 years ago, you could be stuck staring out the window during a train ride or something.
My partner gets antsy if they have to pee without their phone. That shit may be common now, but it definitely isn’t healthy.
wanna personally add: audio media
I used to constantly listen to something: podcasts, audiobooks, youtube, never alone with my thoughts. After a while I noticed I couldn’t explain my mood shifts anymore, simply cause I wouldn’t have time to think through what’s going on in my own head.
I still love all that shit, but try to carve out some regular “alone time” to keep up.
Well, thats a choice for sure. I’ve never taken my phone to a bathroom. Thats disgusting. Its also still entirely possible to stare out the windows on a trip and enjoy the scenery. Lots of us do it.
Ironically, going pee is about the only time I don’t look at my phone during my days off.
virgin distraction vs chad mindfulness
Man has done time. Serious time.
That or the military. You get plenty of practice staring into the void, no matter the role.
Yeah, selling your body to your government for a set period of time without freedom of movement is pretty much the same thing tbh.
“Inner peace.”
-Master Shifu, Kung Fu Panda
I’ve never watched that series; the Master is called Shifu? That’s so silly.
insane that they wore jeans
Made that mistake once, never again. Now any travel I do is done in the softest sweat pants I own
I wear them all the time. It’s fine, what could go wrong?
With that name, a lot!
Wow, you know it’s a shitshow when people on the internet recognize a plane QC joke made by a person, currently in highschool (without any aircraft education).
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Had an older gentleman sit next to me doing exactly this when I flew to São Paulo. 10 hour flight, jeans, dress shoes, button up shirt, didn’t read, only had coffee even with there being 2 meals provided in air, I don’t think he even slept. This was a red eye flight, this man stared at the turned off in flight entertainment screen the entire time.
Either you sat on the other side of this man, OP, or he’s done this more than once.
Yeah that’s me on cross country flights. I do bring a book and computer and all that good stuff but then I never commit to using them and just sit there and think for hours instead. Honestly I think it might ironically be an ADHD thing.
Real pain. This is how men master the fear of flying.
Idk, it’s a great time to practice some good meditation and breathing exercises. Just chilling with thine own self
Is he ok‽ No! No he isn’t! That’s crazy!
Yesterday I raw dog a 2 hour bus ride… Thanks to anti anxiety medication
No and these old memes are so droll.
Homeland security
