“We really need to normalize boredom. Some of your most creative moments come during periods of boredom. In the shower, on a walk, at a dinner by yourself. You’re bored, your mind wanders, your thoughts mingle. Bam! Creative insight strikes. Schedule boredom into your weeks.” -Sahil Bloom
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -Blaise Pascal
“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing…Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself? -Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Perhaps the breakthrough you seek will come from doing nothing.
And I mean nothing.
No.
Thing.
Whatsoever.
Just sit and think.
Can you do it?
How long can you embrace boredom?
It’s your new superpower.
P.S. – This Billy Oppenheimer newsletter on boredom.