In pursuit of boredom
Right now, at this moment in time, there has never been more things competing for your time.
It’s a weird world, where at the end of the week, people are so drained they simply want to do nothing. Not from physical exhaustion but mentally drained, consumption absorption I call it. Some ‘dated’ studies suggest we read 54,000 words/day, or see/hear 100,000 words/day.
I daresay for a typical knowledge worker this is not uncommon.
What this means is the death of boredom. No matter where you are, with an internet connection you have access to entertainment.
But so, recently, thinking about this, I’ve been pursuing boredom. Where I’ve done everything I need to do and there is simply nothing to do and I’m stopping that habit to seek out something just because it’s there. An amazing feeling.
It’s in boredom, that we sit, we think, we come up with new ideas, we get creative, we get proactive!
And that is increasingly a rare skill. See if you can get bored in the next week! It’s a worthy pursuit.