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Boredom and Progress

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Boredom is the engine of human progress. We slept in today, and Klara wandered around the house on her own. She got bored. Then she got very bored. Then she decided to make a model of our house and created a detailed project that is inventive and really cool.

I don’t hide the remote control from her. Neither did I install parental controls or anything like that. It’s unnecessary because she imitates what she sees, and we don’t have the TV running in the background or flip through channels to dispel boredom.

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    ShadowsCollide

    Maybe I’m an experienced in boredom right now, I can’t go to work for a long while because I got hit by a car last Sunday and sustained a pelvic fracture. I left the hospital Thursday and can’t get around without a walker, so I’ve been reading a lot and watching odd shows.

    I’m currently reading a book on the colonization of North America and have been watching old sitcoms from the 1960s, the one good channel on the hospital TV had a lot of old shows. I never realized stuff like The Beverly Hillbillies or Gomer Pyle could be so funny, good-natured sitcoms without crude jokes, swearing or woke stuff with regular American country folks as the good guys without irony. After the current book, I’m going to read the Circle of Stones duology about medieval Wales and the legend of Prince Madoc who allegedly landed in North America before Columbus. I’m trying something different and reading different stuff to keep my mind sharp

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      Stringer Bell

      Sorry to hear that, SC. Hoping for a speedy recovery!

      Related, I should cut down on podcasts. I listen to them while cooking/cleaning and I think I should allow myself some periods of zero external inputs.

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        methylethyl

        I used to stock up on them for long drives, as they were better for staying awake than music.

        But I hardly ever do long drives anymore, and… current vehicle has no radio to interface with the speakers anyway.

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          Stringer Bell

          I used to listen to them on my long commute but I live 5 minutes from work now. So now podcasts have spilled into my home time, which I don’t like.

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            methylethyl

            Probably for the best to go on a hiatus until the next time you need them to stay awake in the car 😉

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              Stringer Bell

              I think that’s a good idea. I was consuming too much content leading up to the election. Time to detox. Physical books only.

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                methylethyl

                Do it! It’ll be good for you!

                I found once I had little kids around the house, I couldn’t listen to them anymore– headphones mean I don’t hear the kids, and no-headphones means I miss half of it, because of stuff going on in the house!

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