In praise of boredom
True creativity doesn't emerge from constant stimulation. It grows in the quiet spaces between activities, where your mind can finally breathe.
Your brain needs empty spaces.
Like a garden needs fallow periods, your mind requires moments of nothing. No input. No scrolling. No podcasts in the background.
Just space.
Instead, we tend to fill every gap with digital noise. We doom scroll through disasters. We jump from video to video. We mistake this constant stimulation for being productive, for staying informed.
But real growth happens in the quiet moments. In the boredom. In the spaces between activities where your mind can wander, connect dots, and reset itself.
Try this: Next time you feel the urge to fill a quiet moment, don't. Let your mind breathe. Let it be bored.
Watch what happens.