A few minutes of nothingness and we pick up our smartphones again, check our inbox even when we know nothing important is there, open WhatsApp “just to see,” or mindlessly scroll through Reels. We know it’s not good for us, yet we do it anyway.
However, a content creator named Rowan has taken up the challenge of mastering the art of doing nothing - showcased in his now-viral “rawdogging boredom” videos. In these clips, he quite literally does nothing: no phone, no music, no book - just sits in stillness. At a time when patience, attention, and focus seem almost 404, and we even fast-forward through two-minute reels, Rowan using stillness as a tool to fix his attention span. But can it actually help?
First, let’s get some background on the term.
'Rawdogging boredom'
If you’re a doomscroller, chances are you’ve come across the term sometime last year when it resurfaced in the form of 'r
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