In a conversation on "The Ezra Klein Show," Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön discusses how social media and smartphones have diminished our capacity to embrace stillness and boredom, arguing that embracing discomfort can lead to a richer experience of life, as true awareness unfolds in moments of inactivity rather than constant distraction. #Mindfulness #Distraction #Boredom #Nocountriesmentioned.
In a recent experiment in Austria, 14 children participated in a voluntary digital detox, limiting their use of smartphones and social media for three weeks, which led them to experience a range of emotions from heightened connection with family to feelings of boredom and loneliness, ultimately prompting many to reconsider their relationship with technology and limit their screen time even after the challenge ended. #DigitalDetox #ChildhoodConnections #SocialMediaImpact #AT
In an experiment exploring life without social media, 14 Austrian children, along with their parents and teachers, shared their experiences during a voluntary digital detox, revealing a mix of transformed connections and feelings of boredom and loneliness as they adjusted to reduced phone usage. #DigitalDetox #Childhood #SocialMediaChallenge #AT
The article discusses the concerns raised by pediatric neurologist Prof. Dr. Alfredo Cerisola and others about the overstimulation of children today, emphasizing the negative impact of excessive screen time and the importance of human interactions, unstructured play, and boredom for healthy cognitive and social development. #ChildDevelopment #ScreenTime #ParentingAdvice #CO #AR #CL
Reality check, unfiltered. Look, if you're sitting there refreshing charts every 5 minutes, freaking out over every little uptick or downtick like it's gonna change your life, wake up buddy. That’s not trading. Its addiction. Either your leverage is so cranked up that one sneeze liquidates you, or you’re chasing the rush like a crack addict hitting a pipe. Real trading? It's boring on purpose. You spend way more time doing nothing than clicking buttons. You wait for the setup that actually makes sense. Then you take it, size it right, and let it play out. If trading feels exciting day in & day out, you're not trading. The best traders aren't hyped, they're calm because they've seen it all before and know forcing trades kills accounts. Passion's fine, study, learn, improve, but if it doesn't come with the ability to sit through dead markets without touching anything, it turns into revenge trades, revenge sizing, revenge everything. That's how people go from up big to zero in a week. Most "influencers" posting Lambos and "turned 5k to 500k" are lying or hiding the parts where they blew up twice last year. X is just Instagram with more crypto bros. Don’t compare your real life grind to someone else’s carefully crafted persona. It'll mess with your head worse than any losing streak. And yeah, quick scalps on tiny time frames feel productive, but they wreck almost everyone. I know. Constant noise, and one wrong step is all it takes to throw you off balance. Meanwhile the guy taking a handful of solid HTF trades a month, letting winners run for weeks, ends up making real money over years. Trade count? Just meaningless bragging for people who can’t sit still. 100 bad trades might get you nothing, while 10 well-executed ones can crush that with far less risk and stress. Trading chews up anyone who needs constant action to feel alive. The market doesn't care about your excitement or boredom tolerance. It pays the people who can handle silence, stick to a plan when it sucks, and treat losses like math instead of personal attacks. If you can't get okay with boring, you're gonna keep losing until you either quit or run out of money. Simple as that. Your move. -
