When repeatedly exposed to superficial boredom, we can reach profound boredom, defined as “a deep state of indifference towards oneself and to the world” leading to “an existential discomfort in which people struggle with their sense of self.”

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As painful as profound boredom can be, it can also lead to reassessment of one’s life and spur action to remedy the ultimate causes of one’s boredom.

Ross Pomeroy – We need boredom to live better lives. But social media is destroying it

Finally someone articulates what I’ve been thinking and feeling about boredom and the need to persist being in the state of boredom to actually do some introspection, reflection and potentially making impactful life changes.

The problem with some of us (me), is that we are so deathly afraid of boredom, of the lack of stimuli that supposedly causes actual pain, that we try all means to avoid it.

Enter mindless social media scrolling whilst walking to the art station. And that is something I have become so accustomed to that I really need to be extra intentional about realising it and stop myself.