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Getting super bored of most online/phone content, what do you do when you have a few minutes? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 1 day ago by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I try to read more but what else is there when I don’t wanna just read? I’ve done some notebook stuff too but I’ve found using it too much makes me be anxious about writing a lot down lol.

For instance as I lay on the bed for 10-20 minutes waiting for my child to take their nap. Do I just stare into the void?

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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You need to practice mindfulness. People should be OK with 10 minutes "staring into the void" and this is exactly the damage phones did to us

Edit: if I really want to look at my phone I open Wikipedia and check out the featured article or maybe the top read of the day list. It's not brain rot and it's not that fun either but it's time well spent

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Mindfullness that is free

freemindfulness.org

Guided meditations that are downloadable freely under CC BY-NC-SA.

[–] oxomoxo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

This is a great recommendation. To add another you can also get the Medito App for either Android or iOS which is also free.

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 3 points 19 hours ago

mindfulness

I practice this alot during the day. It helps sometimes to disconnect from the world, and rejoin the server at another timepoint.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My goto device time killer is chess.com. It’s both educational and fun (assuming you don’t get your ass handed to you by a bot 😅).

[–] Bonifratz@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago

FYI, lichess.org offers the same functionality (arguably better) for free. It's a crowd-funded, open-source non-profit, free of any ads or trackers.