90s Boredom vs. 2026 Screen Time It’s another gloriously clear day outside my 2‑metre windows. The sun is blazing, the sky is that crisp, endless blue, and from my perch on the grey sofa, the world looks perfectly still. But a quick glance at my phone tells a different story — a relentless barrage of notifications, breaking news alerts, and endless video loops. It made me think back to those 90s mornings we talked about last time. Specifically, it made me think about a feeling we’ve almost erased from modern life: boredom. Remember when being bored was an actual state of being? The 90s Summer: Kerby, 10p Scallop Butties, and Zero Connectivity If you grew up in the 90s, summer boredom wasn’t an emergency; it was a launchpad. There were no algorithms curating our attention span. If it was too hot, you were left entirely to your own devices. You’d spend hours on the pavement playing kerby, or setting up a football match using two jackets for goalposts on the street concrete. When h...
When the World Was Simpler (Or Maybe I Was) This morning I woke up around 5am, one of those accidental early starts where the world is brighter than it should be and everything feels strangely peaceful. The sky had that soft, washed‑out glow, the kind that makes you pause for a second and think, what a beautiful day. And for a moment, I was right back in the 90s . Back when mornings felt slower. Back when time didn’t sprint. Back when being a kid meant stepping outside and instantly finding half the street already awake, already playing, already living. No phones. No feeds. No endless noise. Just kids, concrete, scraped knees, and the kind of imagination that didn’t need Wi‑Fi. The Streets We Grew Up On If you grew up in the 90s, you know exactly what I mean. You didn’t “arrange” to meet your friends, you just walked outside and they were there. Someone always had a football. Someone always had a bike with a squeaky...