# A few alternative things you can do when you’re bored (instead of scrolling social media) – Shawn Blanc

<https://shawnblanc.net/2023/02/a-few-alternative-things-you-can-do-when-youre-bored-instead-of-scrolling-social-media/>

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## What Jamie wrote

This is a great list of suggestions. When you delete all of the social apps off of your phone, and all the news apps, you find that it fails to fill the gaps of minor boredom you have. It is also just fine to be bored.

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## Appears in

- [WT242: Weekly Thing #242 / Stories, Volcano, Decemberists](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/242/), Briefly

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