When you find yourself reaching for your phone as you stand in line at the grocery store or playing with an app when you are in between tasks, ask yourself: • What would I have to feel if I couldn’t play with my device right now? • What experience is here now when I resist the urge to distract myself? • What are the sensations in my body that I am labeling as “boredom”? • Who inside is noticing that I am bored, and who makes the effort to fill it? • What happens if I allow the boredom to be here? We can investigate, with curiosity,
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