Staring Boredom in The Eye
The secret to unleashing your creativity
Your phone buzzes. Another notification. Your smartwatch reminds you that you haven’t completed your steps or drank enough water. Your calendar pings about tomorrow’s meeting and the meeting that is about to happen in the next 30 minutes. Your to-do list gently nudges you about those three overdue tasks. The podcast in your ears drones on at 1.5x speed because normal speed is just too slow, right?
Here’s a question. When was the last time you just… sat?
No, really. When was the last time you allowed yourself to be utterly, completely bored?
The Crime of Empty Moments
Over the course of time, we have been fed the idea of productivity. You have to exercise, complete all your tasks, do your chores, read books, drink water, walk enough times, cook for yourself and then do this all over again.
Because in your mind, if you’re not doing everything, all at once — you’re wasting your potential. Because you saw some video for a millionth time about how being productive makes you happy and at this point, you’re just filling the cup up to its brim — unaware that most of it is flowing over the edges.
