# boredom (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover boredom. Page: Feed: --- ## [Setting Boundaries in Relationships: What to Do the Second Time](https://www.lifehack.org/991505/setting-boundaries-in-relationships) _2026-08-20 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ Setting boundaries in relationships rarely fails at the first conversation. It fails on the eleventh day, when the thing you asked for quietly stops ## [Retirement Boredom: Why Doing More Things Doesn't Fix It](https://www.lifehack.org/991504/retirement-boredom) _2026-08-18 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ Retirement boredom is a challenge deficit, not an activity deficit. You kept your skill and lost every difficulty. Here is how to put the hard part back. ## [Finding Purpose in Retirement: What Your Job Was Supplying](https://www.lifehack.org/991503/finding-purpose-in-retirement) _2026-08-12 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ Finding purpose in retirement is not one big answer. Your job supplied five things it never named. Here is how to spot which you lost and rebuild them. ## [How to Stop People Pleasing: Scripts for the 2-Second Window](https://www.lifehack.org/991502/how-to-stop-people-pleasing) _2026-08-11 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ People pleasing is not a character flaw you have to fix from the inside out. It is a fast automatic answer that fires in the two seconds between a request ## [Life Starts After 40: What the Phrase Actually Meant](https://www.lifehack.org/991501/life-starts-after-40) _2026-08-10 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ "Life begins at 40" came from a 1932 bestseller by a Columbia professor, and it was an argument about hours, not about a birthday. Carl Jung never said ## [Toxic Productivity: The Real Test Is What You Do in the Gap](https://www.lifehack.org/991500/toxic-productivity) _2026-08-07 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ Every list of toxic productivity signs grades you on hours, which flags anyone with a mortgage and a real job. Occupational psychology has a better test ## [How Long Does It Take to Form a Habit? 66 Days, With a Catch](https://www.lifehack.org/991499/how-long-does-it-take-to-form-a-habit) _2026-08-06 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ You are five weeks in, you have not quit, and it still costs you something every morning. The measured median for habit formation is 59 to 66 days, with ## [Burnout Recovery Stages: How to Tell Which One You're In](https://www.lifehack.org/991498/burnout-recovery-stages) _2026-08-05 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ You took the two weeks, you came back, and three days in the tightness was sitting exactly where you left it. Burnout recovery has its own stages, and ## [Life Audit: How to Run One in 90 Minutes and Act on It](https://www.lifehack.org/991497/life-audit) _2026-08-04 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ You do not need a life audit to find out which part of your life is broken. You already know. Here is the 90-minute version that ends in a decision ## [How to Be Disciplined and Consistent: Spend It Once, Not Every Day](https://www.lifehack.org/991496/how-to-be-disciplined-and-consistent) _2026-08-03 · Leon Ho · LifeHack_ You already know how to be disciplined. What you do not have is a way to make it repeat without your full attention. Discipline and consistency are two ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/v6HkWTqmWebP) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Reading books on your phone](https://winther.sysctl.dk/reading-books-on-your-phone/) _2026-07-26 · winther · winther blog_ Being on vacation always reignites my motivation to read books. I mostly read on my Kindle, but during this vacation I read an entire book on my phone. Because the ebook library service we have only exists as an app. While I do like physical books, I am not overly attached to the medium of literature or text in general. Still, it is difficult to completely ignore the sort of stigma associated with… ## [Why Did I Stop Using Notion?](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/why-did-i-stop-using-notion/) _2026-07-19 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ I used Notion for many years and developed products for the Notion ecosystem. So why did I stop? My experiences with performance, complexity. The post Why Did I Stop Using Notion? appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog . ## [AI Taking Our Jobs Away Might Be a Good Thing](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/ai-taking-our-jobs-away-might-be-a-good-thing/) _2026-07-12 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ If we look at the history of human progress, when did the great leaps happen? In the first case, as wars in Ancient Greece became stagnant, a certain segment of society found itself with nothing to do, which pushed them purely into thinking. This gave birth to philosophy, and from there, to science. In the \[…\] The post AI Taking Our Jobs Away Might Be a Good Thing appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog… ## [Q2 2026 notes](https://winther.sysctl.dk/q2-2026-notes/) _2026-07-03 · winther · winther blog_ Halfway through the year already and it is officially summer. 📃 Blog: Obviously quite limited, with only 3 posts since last time, though I am pretty pleased with all of them as they allowed to go a bit deeper in some things I love like spaghetti westerns and Isabelle Huppert . The Calvin & Hobbes was also mentioned in the podcast The Magic of Calvin and Hobbes in episode 21 . Also not a whole lot… ## [A love letter to Isabelle Huppert](https://winther.sysctl.dk/a-love-letter-to-isabelle-huppert/) _2026-05-31 · winther · winther blog_ Keeping within the movie theme, my submission for this months IndieWeb Carnival is an appreciation (love letter) to the French actress Isabelle Huppert. It wasn’t my first love in the cinematic world, that would have been either Gillian Anderson or Jodie Foster, nor the most recent one - which would go to Marlene Dietrich. Isabelle Huppert is not only the actress I have seen in most films with… ## [My favorite spaghetti western character](https://winther.sysctl.dk/my-favorite-spaghetti-western-character/) _2026-05-20 · winther · winther blog_ Kami asks for this month’s Bear Blog Carnival to write about a favourite in our niche hobby , and I went for my favourite spaghetti western character. It is a genre filled with iconic characters bought to life by great actors. There is of course Clint Eastwood’s so called Man With No Name from the three Leone films. There is Django from Corbucci’s film of the same name that came so popular that a… ## [Nostalgia for Calvin and Hobbes](https://winther.sysctl.dk/nostalgia-for-calvin-and-hobbes/) _2026-05-05 · winther · winther blog_ Calvin and Hobbes likely doesn’t need any more praise for being the unique cultural achievement it is as one of the most acclaimed comic strips of all time. Everyone agrees on that already. So this post is mostly about my own personal journey with the strip and why I can’t help but feel nostalgic about it. I know almost down to the date when I first discovered Calvin and Hobbes . It was in the… ## [Q1 2026 notes](https://winther.sysctl.dk/q1-2026-notes/) _2026-04-02 · winther · winther blog_ Another 3 months has passed, so I will do a quick lookback at the first months of the year. 📃 Blog: Once again, most of my posts comes from participating in various blog carnivals. The highlight of course being my own on boredom which got way more submissions that I had anticipated, and it was a great learning experience to read through everything and write up the summary. My blog on science… ## [A Baker's Dozen](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/a-bakers-dozen) _2026-04-01 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ ...as served up by Henry Kaiser, guitar player ## [Bandcamp Daze & More B-sides](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/bandcamp-daze-and-more-b-sides) _2026-03-17 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ Catching up with new folks, old folks, dead folks & lead forks ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AeRWx3O9tB2j) _2026-03-17 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Feeling too old for memes](https://winther.sysctl.dk/feeling-too-old-for-memes/) _2026-03-14 · winther · winther blog_ While memes in some form has been a part of Internet culture since the beginning, I mostly associate it with the rise of the simple text on image memes such as the condescending Wonka and I distinctly remember when those sort of memes flooded the internet spaces, as it marked a bit of a turning point for me. It was then that I fel like a new, younger, generation was starting to define online… ## [Bear Blog Carnival boredom roundup](https://winther.sysctl.dk/bear-blog-carnival-boredom-roundup/) _2026-03-14 · winther · winther blog_ In February I hosted the Bear Blog Carnival with the theme of boredom and it got 35 submissions! I am very grateful for every participant and a bit taken aback with how much it resonated with so many bloggers. I think I got over 10 submissions in the first couple of days. It has been really interesting reading through all the submissions, and there is definitely both common ground and shared… ## [Intersecting interests: movies and science fiction](https://winther.sysctl.dk/intersecting-interests-movies-and-science-fiction/) _2026-02-28 · winther · winther blog_ For the IndieWeb Carnival for February Zachary has posted the theme of intersecting interests and the obvious two things for me would be science fiction and movies. My passion for both lies more in where they differ than combined. I like science fiction movies and have watched a ton of them, and many of my favorite movies are science fiction. My favorite movie of all time is Contact which released… ## [Are we still bored?](https://winther.sysctl.dk/are-we-still-bored/) _2026-02-09 · winther · winther blog_ There have already been so many great submissions to this months topic on boredom , and this my own post on the topic. The concept of boredom has been covered more widely in newspapers and magazines in recent years, as something valuable we as a society might have lost. Very different from growing up where being bored was mostly seen as a negative, and your parents will often say something akin to… ## [Boredom is a lighthouse](https://suchbadart.com/boredom-is-lighthouse/) _2026-02-05 · suchbadart · Such Bad Art_ Yawning Apprentice by Munkácsy Mihály, 1869, (cropped) It's quite challenging for me to feel boredom. Not because I don't want to, but because there is always something to do, something to explore. Despite that, I can recall couple of scenarios where boredom appears in me. The first scenario that comes to my mind is something I would call institutionalized boredom . It's boredom which I experience… ## [The joy from not understanding](https://suchbadart.com/the-joy-from-not-understanding/) _2026-02-04 · suchbadart · Such Bad Art_ Untitled by Asmus Jacob Carstens, 1789, (cropped) People open books for various reasons. One seeks romance, another seeks thriller or something completely different. While there is no better reason than another, for me books were somehow always about new knowledge - ideally in a form that was initially partly unclear to me. It was a rainy day during the summer holidays in thermal spa. Just perfect… ## [Write more to worry less](https://suchbadart.com/write-more-to-worry-less/) _2026-02-04 · suchbadart · Such Bad Art_ English is not my native language and I remember how anxious I was about that. I worried about missed words, bad pronunciation or word order. After moving to another country, quite suddenly, English became my main language for everyday interactions with world around me. And to my surprise, as day after day passed, my past worries almost completely vanished. I thought about possible underlying… ## [Danielle D \[short story\]](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/danielle-d-short-story) _2026-01-29 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ No need to say goodbye... ## [(Some of the) Best (Music) of 2024](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/some-of-the-best-music-of-2024) _2025-12-22 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ What's a year between friends? ## [Leaving Something for My Children](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/leaving-something-for-my-children/) _2025-11-10 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ Leaving something behind for my children. This has been on my mind in recent years. I’m not married and I don’t have children. 🙂 But I would like to have them, and when I pass away one day, I may not even be able to leave my passwords to my children. So, after a sudden \[…\] The post Leaving Something for My Children appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog . ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uWOu9614ebAJ) _2025-11-10 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [How many T-shirts do you have?](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/how-many-t-shirts-do-you-have/) _2025-10-22 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ How many shirts and how many T-shirts do you have in your closet? Let’s think on a larger scale. Do you think shirts or T-shirts sell more worldwide? According to 2023 data, a total of 2.3 billion shirts were sold. But T-shirts sold 8.1 billion units. Well, why? Let me tell you: The more productive \[…\] The post How many T-shirts do you have? appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog . ## [Focus on the things you know](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/focu/) _2025-10-21 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ Focus on what you know. People cannot know what you know or where you are going, that is, your future. They compare yours either to themselves or to others. Don’t get caught up in that. Unusualness happens outside the usual. – Ugur KILCI If you constantly move forward with things you don’t know, you continually \[…\] The post Focus on the things you know appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog . ## [The reason why the great are great is because of their progress](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/the-reason-why-the-great-are-great-is-because-of-their-progress/) _2025-10-20 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Or the 90-year-old corner store. Do you know why they are successful? Because they have been progressing for many years. There is no such thing as magic! There is only one explanation for your magic, luck, and everything else. Progress! Science is science because it advances. Evolution creates stronger living beings \[…\] The post The reason why the great are great is… ## [Maybe the Brain Needs to Think](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/maybe-the-brain-needs-to-think/) _2025-10-20 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ A thought that came to mind while exercising. I usually listen to music or podcasts with headphones while exercising, but that day I didn’t listen to anything. I walked for two hours. I was left alone with my own thoughts. Maybe we need to get bored and think. Maybe we need to get bored. Maybe \[…\] The post Maybe the Brain Needs to Think appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog . ## [TERMINAL BOREDOM Review Archive pt. VII](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/terminal-boredom-review-archive-pt-66c) _2025-09-16 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ Actually none of these are from Termbo, but places like CMJ.com, High Times mag + self-published circa 2015... ## [TERMINAL BOREDOM Review Archive pt. VI](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/terminal-boredom-record-reviews-pt) _2025-09-08 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ Further inquiry into record reviews from TB and other sources circa 2013... ## [SOME CINDY TALKING \[short story\]](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/some-cindy-talking) _2025-09-03 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ \[originally published on Hobart Pulp in 2024\] ## [TERMINAL BOREDOM Review Archive pt. V](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/terminal-boredom-review-archive-pt-3be) _2025-08-27 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ Underground rock record reviews circa 2011 including for Negative Guest List ## [TERMINAL BOREDOM Review Archive pt. IV](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/terminal-boredom-review-archive-vol) _2025-08-18 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ More bars about tracks, unearthed from the vaults... ## [RUSTY HINGE \[short story\]](https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/p/rusty-hinge) _2025-08-11 · Erick Bradshaw · Anonymous Cave_ “Looks like your drink’s empty. What’s your poison?” ## [Making Products with AI is Nothing New!](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/making-products-with-ai-is-nothing-new/) _2025-06-11 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ In Defense of Humans: Everything has changed since artificial intelligence came out. They are doing a lot of things, including apps and more. They blend Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with each other. What is happening: Doing something and blending it with other things has always existed. It just changed form. It’s a cycle. It’s like \[…\] The post Making Products with AI is Nothing New! appeared first… ## [How to Make Money from Nothing?](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/how-to-make-money-from-nothing/) _2025-05-31 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ While I was marketing on the one hand, this question came to my mind. And I found a quick solution, and I wanted to share it. If you borrow money from a friend at the beginning of the year, if you use the money to buy gold, at the end of the year, you can \[…\] The post How to Make Money from Nothing? appeared first on Ugur KILCI Blog . ## [Casey Neistat has to get Beme 2 out!](https://ugurkilci.com/blog/casey-neistat-beme-2/) _2025-05-21 · ugurkilci · Ugur KILCI Blog_ Nine years ago, Casey Neistat released the Beme app. I think he should announce Beme 2 because it addresses a real need right now—reality! Casey Neistat is a world-famous YouTuber. He launched a social media app 9 years ago, complaining that everything was artificial. But it didn’t go as planned. But I think he should \[…\] The post Casey Neistat has to get Beme 2 out! appeared first on Ugur KILCI…