Bored and Unproductive? Here’s Why Boredom Might Be Exactly What You Need
Success starts with boredom
Imagine you wake up one day, you get a drink of water, you put your work clothes on, and you stimulate yourself by working hard and achieving small goals throughout the day.
For some of you, this may seem like hell, and for others, this may be the perfect life. But what I’m about to tell you today is why boredom can actually be healthy for you.
Before we get into the video, I encourage you to watch the whole way through because it will not only help you understand why boredom can actually be good for you and help you better yourself, but doing one thing at a time without losing focus is just another step closer to fixing your dopamine system.
Have you ever been so bored before that you tried your hardest to think of something to do but just couldn’t? That’s your overly fried brain, destroyed from hours of screen time and over-stimulation.
You want to fix that? Stick around until the end of the story.
Let me ask you this: why would you choose your phone over something like a book? Because not only does your phone reward more dopamine, but it’s the easier way.
Your brain doesn’t like to work for things; it controls you in order to always take the easy way out. Now, do you want to live your life being in control or being controlled?
Listen, your brain was never meant to lounge and for you to be all lackadaisical. It was never meant to be used to only have fun or to watch TV all day. If you understood how complex the cerebrum was, you would know that the amount of creativity it could use was astonishing.
Now, that all sounds great in theory, but it’s actually attainable. You just have to be willing to be bored and those things will occur.
We constantly overstimulate ourselves and it destroys our brains. If we focus on the right things, it’ll be used for its actual purpose, and we will be so much better off in life, whether it’s in a year, 5 years, or 20.
A great resource that delves into building better habits and understanding how to harness your brain’s power is James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits.
It provides actionable strategies for forming good habits and breaking bad ones, which is essential when trying to combat overstimulation and boredom.
Similarly, Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism advocates for a life less influenced by technology, which is crucial for achieving a healthier mental state.
Let’s talk about the number one app in brain-rotting: TikTok. TikTok ruined our society’s way of having fun by allowing you to think it’s okay to scroll for hours upon hours of 15-second clips of uselessness.
You’d probably hear this often, but before, kids used to actually go outside and have fun. They’d get their daily dose of exercise and vitamins from the Sun.
An old NIH study reads that vitamin D can be synthesized in the skin through a photosynthetic reaction triggered by exposure to UVB radiation, which basically translates to this: a simple 30 minutes a day in the sun will give you enough vitamins and energy to last you throughout the entire day.
So, your still being here proves not only that you are part of the small percentage of the world that actually cares about their mental health, but that you want to fix it.
And that’s what I’m here for. In order for you to fix your messed-up brain from all these overstimulations and dopamine abuse, you need to do the following: try deleting an app that causes you to use your phone a lot, whether it’s TikTok, Snapchat, or Instagram.
You don’t have to delete it forever, but after 2 days of not using it, look back on how you feel. I promise you, you’ll notice a difference.
Workout. Now, this doesn’t have to be a chore. Personally, I love hitting the gym. It gets me that boost of confidence and energy, and it’s the right way to reward yourself.
You see, your brain doesn’t allow itself to feel rewarded after a workout because you have already destroyed your dopamine system. But working out, whether it’s hitting the gym or going out for a 15-minute walk every day, has its own benefits. And within a week, you’ll notice a difference, not just physically but also mentally.
Something I know a lot of you like to do is sleep. Now, don’t get me wrong, sleeping is great for your health, but that all depends on what time you’re doing it at.
A recent study shows that if you fall asleep before midnight, minutes seem like hours, and you’ll be refreshed and wake up at a reasonable time, like 7 or 8. You’ll have gotten what feels like the best night of sleep you’ve ever had.
On the contrary, sleeping after midnight has the opposite effect, where hours seem like minutes and you’ll wake up sluggish with a foggy, unclear mind and with no energy to help you get through the urgency and tasks of the day.
Another thing is that if you take naps throughout your day, that’s another way of overstimulating your brain because of how good it feels. But you can easily destroy your sleep schedule that way.
I suggest you do your nightly routine an hour before bed. You put your phone across your room somewhere out of reach and sit in bed for the last hour meditating.
Then, when you go to sleep, your alarm will wake you up the next morning, forcing you to get out of bed.
If you work on self-improvement, you’ll notice that you’ll find yourself being okay with being bored sometimes. Stimulating yourself is okay; it just depends on how you do it.
You want to get rid of the things that are above your biggest priority. If you want to become rich or successful, you have to make sure your life is boring so that working hard to achieve money or success is something that you end up enjoying.
Your brain tricks itself into thinking that working can be fun.
The easiest way to become successful is by making your life more simple, so those responsibilities or priorities are actually fun. You will end up being so far ahead of everyone and more focused because your brain isn’t fried with cheap dopamine.
I hope you found value in this article. If you enjoyed it, be sure to follow for more top-quality content. See you in the next story! Until then, take care. Signing off, Hamza Sameen.
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