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Talvez os mais jovens não se lembrem,
{{Perhaps younger people don’t remember,}}

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mas eu ainda sou do tempo em que o aborrecimento existia.
{{but I’m still from the days when boredom existed.}}

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Lembro-me bem de ser puto e andar a suspirar pela casa —
{{I remember well being a kiddo and walking around the house sighing -}}

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“fogo, estou aborrecido, não há nada para fazer!”
{{“damn, I’m bored, there’s nothing to do!”}}

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(Na ausência dos meus pais,
{{(In the absence of my parents,}}

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“fogo” era substituído por um palavrão mais feio.)
{{“damn” was replaced by an uglier swear word.)}}

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E como não havia nada para fazer, eu inventava!
{{And since there was nothing to do, I would invent (things to do)!}}

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Hoje em dia, já não preciso de inventar.
{{Nowadays, I don’t need to invent (things) anymore.}}

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A minha imaginação foi substituída pelo meu telemóvel.
{{My imagination has been replaced by my cell phone.}}

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Ponho os neurónios a dormir e faço scroll.
{{I put my neurons to sleep and scroll.}}

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E ainda bem que não existe palavra em português para o termo,
{{And it’s a good thing there’s no Portuguese word for the term,}}

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porque isto já domina a minha vida que chegue!
{{because it already dominates my life enough!}}

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Sempre que tenho um momento morto no meu dia,
{{Every time I have a dead (dull) moment in my day,}}

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esperar numa fila, estar parado num semáforo
{{waiting in line, stopped at a traffic light,}}

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ou até ir à casa de banho,
{{or even going to the bathroom,}}

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lá dou por mim a pegar no telemóvel e a abrir uma app.
{{I find myself picking up my phone and opening an app.}}

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Ainda me tento convencer de que
{{I’m still trying to convince myself that}}

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estou a consumir conteúdo de qualidade,
{{I’m consuming quality content,}}

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como notícias, artigos de história e afins leituras intelectuais,
{{such as news, history articles, and similar intellectual reading,}}

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mas a verdade é que são sobretudo fotos de gatinhos
{{but the truth is that it’s mostly photos of kittens}}

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e gifs de pessoas a estatelarem-se no chão.
{{and gifs of people falling to the ground.}}

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Terá isto um efeito negativo no meu cérebro?
{{Is this having a negative effect on my brain?}}

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Será que estas inundações constantes de dopamina
{{Will these constant floods of dopamine}}

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terão repercussões a longo termo?
{{have long-term repercussions?}}

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Estarei a perder capacidade de concentração?
{{Am I losing my ability to concentrate?}}

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Desconfio que a resposta a todas estas perguntas seja um simples “sim”.
{{I suspect that the answer to all these questions is a simple “yes”.}}

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Recentemente, tenho imposto limites a mim próprio.
{{Recently, I’ve been imposing limits on myself.}}

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Desinstalei as aplicações mais viciantes,
{{I’ve uninstalled the most addictive apps,}}

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usei uma aplicação para, ironicamente,
{{used an app to, ironically,}}

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impor limites de uso nas outras aplicações,
{{impose usage limits on other apps,}}

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e todos os dias vou dar um passeio sem o telemóvel,
{{and every day I go for a walk without my phone,}}

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sem música, sem nada.
{{without music, without anything.}}

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Só eu e os meus pensamentos.
{{Just me and my thoughts.}}

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Pouco a pouco,
{{Little by little,}}

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comecei a dar por mim a ansiar por esses passeios.
{{I started to find myself looking forward to those walks.}}

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Noutros dias, quando tenho mais presença de espírito, medito.
{{On other days, when I have more presence of mind, I meditate.}}

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Fico uns quinze ou vinte minutos parado algures,
{{I sit still somewhere for 15 or 20 minutes,}}

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a focar-me só na minha respiração.
{{just focusing only on my breathing.}}

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Inspira, expira…
{{Breathe in, breathe out…}}

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Inspira, expira…
{{Breathe in, breathe out…}}

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Quando o aborrecimento se instala,
{{When boredom sets in,}}

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o que nunca demora muito,
{{which never takes long,}}

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o meu corpo rebela-se.
{{my body rebels.}}

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Quer mexer-se, quer olhar para alguma coisa,
{{It wants to move, it wants to look at something,}}

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os meus olhos querem ver vídeos,
{{my eyes want to watch videos,}}

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os meus dedos querem fazer scroll.
{{my fingers want to scroll.}}

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Mas lá vou resistindo.
{{But I keep resisting.}}

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E uns meros dias após começar,
{{And in mere days after starting}}

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reparei que andava mais relaxado, mais disciplinado.
{{I noticed that I was more relaxed, more disciplined.}}

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Inclusive, recuperei o gosto pela leitura,
{{I even regained my taste for reading,}}

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que já andava fugido de mim há algum tempo.
{{which had been eluding me for some time.}}

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É muito difícil, não se fazer nada.
{{It’s very difficult, doing nothing.}}

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Mas experimentem, só uns minutos por dia.
{{But try it, just a few minutes a day.}}

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Prometo que só com quinze minutos de aborrecimento,
{{I promise that with just 15 minutes of boredom,}}

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ganham-se horas de paz!
{{you’ll gain hours of peace!}}

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