Yoballow
A feeling of vague restlessness with no identifiable cause or cure. Not quite boredom, not quite sadness — the low hum of something should be happening right now, but isn't, without any idea what that something might be.
Distinct from wanderlust in that it has no object. Wanderlust pulls you somewhere. Yoballow just makes where you are feel slightly insufficient, without offering an alternative.
Distinct from wanderlust in that it has no object. Wanderlust pulls you somewhere. Yoballow just makes where you are feel slightly insufficient, without offering an alternative.
"I've had a bit of yoballow all week — can't settle to anything."
"A yoballow came over me mid-afternoon and I ended up just staring out the window for twenty minutes."
"A yoballow came over me mid-afternoon and I ended up just staring out the window for twenty minutes."
Yoballow by Wally the Wanderer March 19, 2026
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