I found this intriguing
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Interesting watch still not a fan of rawdogging thou
I donāt generally feel bored, maybe because Iām imaginative. Iām always making flights of fantasy and questioning.
My phone and Macbook regularly sit unused most of the day while I read paper novels ~6 hours daily. Apart from 1 hour of news sources (and checking SF), my phone is primarily a mini TV, even with subtitles. While I get dressed in the morning, itās a radio.
Iām not sure if this is too much but Iām not miserable 
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Ah, I see that word has a second meaning nowadays.
Who has time to be bored? A garden, a dog and a stone house which limits network access are good brakes on phone usage.
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Iām not bored, but like to ātake time outā.
I have several favourite evening walks. At certain viewpoints, Iāll often simply stand and marvel at the countryside around us, the birds swirling overhead etc, the cows/sheep enjoying their fields and (on a good day) spotting deer or whatever wildlife.
No phone, no keyboard, just me (and often my walking-pal) gently de-stressing after a long day.
Our aim is 45 mins but weāll often take 1hr or more and OH knows not to put the kettle on until he hears me at the front door. 
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It would probably be good to actually watch the video, because the title is slightly provocative.
The thesis of the chapter who recorded the video is that it is important to have time for reflection; indeed, when we fill our time with things to do - phone, reading, household chores - it can be because we are afraid of having that time for reflection, because our thoughts can tend towards the big questions of life and meaning, and these can scare us.
The result may be the alarming increase in depression and other MH problems, and - for those who are older - a tendency to tetchiness, or a feeling of helplessness, or to get things out of proportion.
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Some find regret and other negative thoughts all too easily. Keeping busy and brain direction thoughtfully engaged can be far safer. We the make choice.
I am grateful I worked before all this nonsense of being perpetually available. My down time was the moment I stepped into a taxi. Dream time rather than bored. Trains, less so because I could work on trains - usually finishing my presentation. I liked a real deadline.
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Me too, especially the whooshing noise as they go by (Ā©Douglas Adams)
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No it is boring being bored.
Before I retired I did not have time to do the things I must do. After, I now donāt have time to do the things I want to do.
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I donāt think Iām ever really bored. I do like to read but after some recent eyesight issues I was pleased to discover that I can pair my recently acquired hearing aids with the phone or iPad. So Iām enjoying listening to stories on Librivox. read by my favourite readers.
I have just finished The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Now Iām a short way into Great Expectations and pleasantly surprised at its humour.
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Gaston Bachelardās writings on reverieās contribution to the creative process have been very useful to me, not least when defending the right to contemplative lounging in the face of attacks from a spouse, who thinks every waking moment should be spent ādoingā something, whether that be yoga, dusting, reading, walking the dog or painting - all manifestations of horror vacui.
I keep telling her how do you expect me to ever achieve satori and eventual enlightenment if Iām having to do stuff all the time? But will she listen?
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Too late to watch a video but Iāve read quite a bit about kids and how they can no longer be bored and how important it is. We used to allow the small one to use YouTube to watch caveman stuff, guitar tutorials etc until they shoved porn in front of him (heās 10) while watching Minecraft videos. He is now on s total bsn and while sometimes bored is doing much more guitar practice, talking, playing ping pong and he must be doing more reflecting. While Iām a lot younger than a lot of you Iām do thankful j grew up just before mobiles!
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I watched the video and it made me rather pleased that I donāt have a smartphone.
Reminded me of a certain song lyric, āIām fixing a hole where the rain comes in, and stops my mind from wandering, where it will go oh oh ohā
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.
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Weeding is a good meditation.
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Welcome to meditate at mine any time 
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