A related phrase I've seen a lot lately is "be cringe!", and I think it ties back to the same idea of how we are often negotiating boundaries not only with our environment but also with ourselves. The First Clapper was not afraid to be cringe, we shouldn't be either.
On a related note, Julie Garner just posted a note about how she doesn't understand how people can be "bored," given that there's an effectively infinite number of things for a person to do, learn, or explore in this life.
I had to think about this for a second, because I'm very familiar with boredom, and yet I intellectually agree with her that there's always worthwhile stuff to do and not enough time in one life to do it all.
In conclusion, I'm pretty sure she's one of the lucky few who has never suffered from a lack of agency lol.
I commented my definition of boredom: "boredom" = "None of the things I currently feel safe doing, or feel like I have permission to do, feel intrinsically interesting or meaningful to me"
Amending that slightly, I think boredom is either a lack of imagination or a lack of permission.
For some of us (with low agency) the full list of things we have permission to do is actually quite small. No wonder we get bored easily. We literally run out of things to do! The next step is realizing we're doing that to ourselves.
Thanks for sharing, that’s great yeah boredom and its more pernicious sibling, apathy, which I feel is a generational sentiment that is trending upward. It’s an important conversation to be having right now but all the people who stand to benefit the most from more agency I fear aren’t in earshot
I loved all your visualizations!!
And a shoutout and celebration for first clappers! You guys are the real ones
Thanks Tanya! Indeed 👏
A related phrase I've seen a lot lately is "be cringe!", and I think it ties back to the same idea of how we are often negotiating boundaries not only with our environment but also with ourselves. The First Clapper was not afraid to be cringe, we shouldn't be either.
Yep, i saw someone say Don't stop the cringe, stop the part of you that cringes
On a related note, Julie Garner just posted a note about how she doesn't understand how people can be "bored," given that there's an effectively infinite number of things for a person to do, learn, or explore in this life.
I had to think about this for a second, because I'm very familiar with boredom, and yet I intellectually agree with her that there's always worthwhile stuff to do and not enough time in one life to do it all.
In conclusion, I'm pretty sure she's one of the lucky few who has never suffered from a lack of agency lol.
I commented my definition of boredom: "boredom" = "None of the things I currently feel safe doing, or feel like I have permission to do, feel intrinsically interesting or meaningful to me"
Amending that slightly, I think boredom is either a lack of imagination or a lack of permission.
For some of us (with low agency) the full list of things we have permission to do is actually quite small. No wonder we get bored easily. We literally run out of things to do! The next step is realizing we're doing that to ourselves.
https://substack.com/@drgurner/note/c-103632774?r=17mz6p
Thanks for sharing, that’s great yeah boredom and its more pernicious sibling, apathy, which I feel is a generational sentiment that is trending upward. It’s an important conversation to be having right now but all the people who stand to benefit the most from more agency I fear aren’t in earshot