Benefits of Boredom
Keely Adler added 2y ago
Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- We need to stop fearing boredom and be comfortable with what is going on around us, whether it’s exciting or not. This is an argument made eloquently by my colleague Ellen Langer, who defines mindfulness as the practice of actively noticing new things. You can do that only when you are not distracting yourself.
from Eight Ways to Banish Misery by Arthur C. Brooks
Natalie Audelo added 9mo ago
Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- Our ideas appear primarily in one situation: when little else is occupying our thoughts…Good ideas require boredom. If you constantly ingest new information, the existing information can never be digested.
from The Art of Fermenting Great Ideas by Nat Eliason
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
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