Same here.

I’ve been thinking it’s a sort of “escape from the void”. When there’s nothing that particularly needs focus, there’s a feeling of wanting to escape from the discomfort of the silence. When I truly have no plans, I find myself seeking out lots of cheap fillers - HN, reddit, snacks.

As Blaise Pascal said, “ All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone”.

The question is why? Why is it so hard to sit quietly in a room alone? What exactly is it that we’re trying to escape?