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✨ Learning #01: Boredom Is the Creativity
"School System kill's our creativity"
For years, I held the same belief many people hold: school killed creativity. It restricted curiosity, forced structure, and limited freedom. But after observing my own behavior for the past few months, I realized the root cause isn’t school. It’s the absence of boredom.
The real issue is simple.
We don’t sit in boredom anymore. Do you even remember the last time you sit in boredom?
Today, boredom is treated like a threat. The moment we feel it, we interrupt it with a screen. A video. A text. A quick scroll. A dopamine hit. Anything to fill the gap.
Let me walk you through this with the same lens through which I discovered it and find the problem.
The Pattern I Noticed This Specific Year...
Ask yourself one question.
When was the last time you were bored and didn’t immediately reach for your device? Or any kind of simulation?
Most people can’t remember. Even you and Even me at some level.
Before COVID, and especially before everyone had a smartphone, boredom was part of daily life. You stared out the window. You waited. You wandered mentally. You explored ideas in your head.
Remember the time? You can't remember it because you lost the feeling. You can't feel the moment.
That gap of boredom was where creative ideas comes out.
Our Brain runs from Boredom, You can't hold Boredom anymore.
What Happens When You Don’t Avoid Boredom
Today I ran a personal experiment. I forced myself to sit in boredom with zero stimulation. No phone. No switching tasks. No dopamine. No distractions.
By the end of the that session, I had over 15 new ideas—content ideas, life experiments, habits to test, observations to explore and so many things you can't even imagine..
Creativity happens when you don't interrupt yourself.
Why Great Creators Get Great Ideas
Think about painters, writers, musicians, or entrepreneurs known for breakthrough ideas.
They all have one thing in common: they sit in the blank space long enough for their mind to generate something new.
A painter stares at a canvas until the idea forms.
A writer stares at the empty page until the direction emerges.
They don’t pick up their phone at the first sign of restlessness.
Boredom is not a flaw in the creative process.
It is the creative process.
The mind needs low stimulation to switch into generative mode. Without that, you only stay in consumption mode.
Two Experiments You Should Try
Experiment 1: Audit Your Boredom Reflex
For one full day, simply observe yourself.
When you feel bored, what do you instantly do?
You’ll notice you jump between tasks. You reach for your phone. You distract yourself. You don’t allow your mind to sit in silence.
Just noticing this pattern will show you how deeply it’s wired.
Experiment 2: Break the Reflex
For the next day, interrupt the cycle.
When boredom hits, don’t touch anything.
Sit with it for two to five minutes.
Let your mind stretch before feeding it stimulation.
You won’t feel “better.”
You might feel restless or mentally tired.
But that discomfort is the sign that your brain is adjusting back to its natural creative rhythm.
Give your mind space, and it will generate.
Crowd it with constant stimulation, and it will shut down.
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✨ Learning #01: Boredom Is the Creativity
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