Why Being Bored, Is Important To Being More Creative
Why Being Bored, Is Important To Being More Creative
Just because you are bored, doesn’t mean you are boring.
The Problem:
Most people, believe being bored is really bad. However there are some recent research, that shows how being bored, actually improves a persons ability to be creative, and solve problems.
The Facts
People are starting to discover the benefits of being bored for some parts of the day; to allow their minds to relax, and flow.
There is this article from Harvard Business Review:
The Creative Benefits of Boredom
And some research that may be fairly boring to read, but they have some of the facts from their findings. Parts of this article was published in British Psychological Society’s Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference.
Does Being Bored Make Us More Creative
My Findings
I’ve studied myself; for going on a few years now. I’ve been doing a lot of what I would call: Living like zombie shit. However, the use of this time; has allowed me to let my mind go and explore solutions to some really big problems that have bothered me for going on some twenty years.
And, maybe there are some solutions to the problems that I’ve been faced with. Wouldn’t have been able to come up with how to solve those problems otherwise. Really the question remains, if they will be good working solutions. However, I’ve been at least able to wrap my mind, completely around the problems to understand them, at a very deep level.
Wouldn’t try to explain them to anyone. Because they wouldn’t know where to begin to understanding them. In the event, you have been reading my work; you would understand just how difficult it is, to wrap your mind around the problems. You would struggle with them. I did.
Results
Try experimenting with a little being bored, to let your mind go relax, and take the time to allow yourself to think about the problems that you seem to have; after a while; I’m pretty sure that the problems will look different; after having given them some proper treatment of thinking of creative solutions.
Being bored, doesn’t mean, that you are a boring person.
Most people, have their mind wrapped so tight, that their not able to relax, or really have any creative ideas. And really being that uptight, is what makes a person really boring. They don’t understand those who have allowed their minds, the freedom of thought.
Exercise Your Mind
Practice using your God given right, to use your freedom of thought; to think about creative things. You might have to let your mind drift a little, and allow the mind to ponder those things; that don’t have answers to.
Only through allowing yourself to be bored, can you really tap into the full power, of your own mind. I’m pretty sure, that in the event, that you have trained yourself how to use your mind, you will benefit from allowing yourself the freedom of thought. And, hence; making creative things work for you. Really, you don’t want to be so uptight, that you don’t allow your mind the freedom of thought; that would be totally boring!!!!
Authors Notes: In the event you have been following my writing; You will already know that I believe a person has to move past the point of having thoughts that pop into your mind; and move towards, actually controlling the things that you think with purpose. Remember: All with balance.
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