I personally try to accept having time with nothing to do. I will often attempt breathing meditation but I will also sometimes just accept doing nothing and be doing nothing. I also stretch.
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My 13 year old has this infuriating habit; whenever an actor pauses or hesitates during the delivery of a line, she finishes it for them, reading from the subtitles.
That could be adhd
I love weird avant-garde shit and I have since I was a teenager. I was listening to weird shit like Sonic Youth, The Voidz, and Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. I was practically mesmerized by David Lynch's Lost Highway. I love weird art films. I love weird music that can barely be considered music. I don't like to be spoonfed by any type of media and I think Netflix adding audible cues for people on their phones is shameful.
If capitalism has its way? It's exactly where we're headed.
People who need constant background noise to get through the day are afraid to be alone with their own thoughts.
It's the opposite. So much sensory overload means we'll be much more appreciative of the quiet moments in media.
Omg, what happened to just sitting by the water watching the boats pass. Mt family took me on an outing to some pop up museum experience where the rooms were dark and filled with videos and sound and stuff. Cool enough i guess. But after 10 min i found my way outside to a patio area facing the water and was able to just sit on a park bench. No input other than watching the waves. Spent an hour just sitting there before they found me.
Turn the router off and see how long before your family notices.
How long was it with your family, and what did you infer from this?
We've already reached that point for most people.
I have desired constant stimulation for my entire life and I get bored by a lot of media quickly. Media that has no silence or pauses is boring in its own way. Well timed, artful pauses and silence capture my attention and gets my mind racing as to what it could mean in the context of a well-told story. Creating engaging media is more than jingling keys.
As much as I have ideals for my technology use, I will admit that
- I have some audio in the background playing half of my waking hours
- If I'm tired of words, I'll put on music, vice versa
- If there's an unanticipated pause, I first check if it's still playing correctly
- Yes I am afraid of being stuck with my own thoughts when I go to bed
- I think of the time spent waiting in line as nothing but wasted unless I use it as an opportunity, perhaps to read a saved tab on my phone
- All of this might not be the cause of it, but it definitely doesn't help my mental fog and fatigue