This is why I think things like social media and doom scrolling are so bad, because it makes it so people can't stand being bored and they need to get back to scrolling. Instead of getting bored enough that they finish a project or start a new hobby.

At least thats what I've noticed in myself, it took me uninstalling reddit and Instagram a few years ago and letting boredom in to get me to work on my hobbies more

[–] jarmitage@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Yes boredom begets creativity. It’s so important to get out of the algorithm holes.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank fuck we can't do that with Lemmy.

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

we definitely could, I was just saying at the time I realized my issue I was using reddit and instagram.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

No, please dont say that. I have so many things I'm procrastinating on and I'm already sore from procrasturbation.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago

Weaning yourself from doomscrolling to start focusing on (258) projects or hobbies is not embracing boredom, it's getting your dopamine fix from positive things.