Are You Bored Enough?
Is Boredom Bad?
It seems like everything in society is working to fill every little slice of time in our day.
Taking a walk? Don't just walk, listen to music. Listen to a podcast.
On the train? Don't just stare out the window, read a condensed book. Play an electronic game on your phone.
Having coffee in the morning? Don't just sit there, read the latest news on your phone. Text someone. Check your email.
It's NUTS how much of our time is filled with b*llsh!t.
Now answer this question.
Where are you most likely to have had an "ah-ha!" moment?
- Reading the news on your phone?
- Listening to a podcast on the train/bus/auto?
- While taking a shower?
If you are like I am, and most people, your innovative mind doesn't work very well when your senses are being bombarded by non-stop information.
Most of us come up with our best ideas when we ... are simply day-dreaming. When our mind allows itself to wander and bounce all over the place. When our mind is allowed to be bored.
When your mind is allowed to think about what it wants to think about, not what it's being told through your eyes and ears.
Be Bored
Are you setting yourself up to be bored on a regular basis? If not, perhaps you are missing harnessing the power of your subconscious mind to help you innovate. To create. To advance. To solve.
Being bored isn't about thinking about nothing, it's about thinking about anything and everything. - Stephen G. Ruby
It's Time You Got Bored.
Take a walk by yourself without electronics.
Sit quietly in a park, by yourself.
Take a long hot shower.
Cut your grass.
Work in a garden.
Take a bike ride.
Do whatever it takes for you to give your mind full uninterrupted time and allow your mind to do what it was designed to do:
Think
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