Celebrate Boredom

The issue of addiction to our digital devices isn’t new, and I got a reminder today when I was listening to YouTube in the background.

I’ll eventually get around to writing about digital addiction, but in the meantime, I thought the better way to approach it, would be to actually focus on celebrating the beauty of boredom.

Somehow being bored has turned into a bad thing. We’re always doing our best to cram a podcast episode in, or doom scroll, just to avoid being bored.

Instead of fighting boredom, what if we embraced it?

Let your mind wander

One of the beautiful things about being bored, is that I allow my mind to wander and go to strange places. Sometimes I don’t feel like going there, but when it’s quiet, and there is nothing to do, you can release your mind, and it finds these magical places. Sometimes it’s a dark cave, sometimes it can be a wonderful world, akin to discovering Narnia.

It could be a bit of my INTP personality type showing, but I thoroughly enjoy my regular mind adventures.

Who knows what you’ll find. All I know is, cramming my brain full of digital dialogue forces my mind into a classroom stupor, rather than letting it roam freely.

Give it a try

The next time you feel bored, resist the urge to scroll. Let your imagination run wild instead. You might be amazed at that you discover through your imagination.