The Ordinary Life: And how a Good Life Might Look Boring
The Ordinary Life: And how a Good Life Might Look Boring
Last updatedUpdated:<br>Jun 17, 2026
by Simon Späti · CreatedCreated: Oct 20, 2025 · 2 min read
Doing the same every day, like a life of a novelist or writers (inspired also by the book Novelist as a Vocation (Haruki Murakami)).
Such a boring and slow life might just be the happiest one as Karun Pal shares on his gem
Why a ‘Boring’ Life Might Be the Happiest One. His writing reminded me of Slow Living, something I’m always striving to do intentionally, or related, living a boring life .
# The Boring Life
But back to the change of time. I feel we are at a turning point. We, the people, want to own things, want distraction-free experiences, and above all, want tools that benefit us, not the pockets of large companies. There are more stories of people
using old iPods for music, buying music. Typing on a typewriter solely for writing (like I did
distraction-free typewriter),
leaving the cloud, or just using Local First products like Obsidian, DuckDB. Devices that are Uni-taskers, doing one thing well.
# Uni-Tasker Devices, and away from Algorithms
It’s back to single-use devices. Besides being not distracted, it’s also that we, the people who are the product, are tired of the algorithm telling us what we listen to, watch, or write about.
We are human beings. If you wait one minute or two, something will always come to mind. In my experience, there is no shortage of ideas. Embrace not doing anything, embrace Boredom, Daydream. Follow your Intuition .
Being bored is the new luxury . It will heal your mental state. We will slowly but surely regain our sense of belonging and feel more comfortable—more at
Boredom is the New Luxury.
Origin: Novelist as a Vocation (Haruki Murakami)
References: Slowing Down
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Backlinks
Slow Technology: Better Productivity through Slowing Down?
Slowing Down
What Makes a Happy Life
Blog: Well Being in Times of Algorithms