By doing nothing, you are actually being your most productive.

Once you start being lost in thoughts and

allow your mind to really wander, you start thinking;

a little bit beyond the conscious,

a little into the subconscious,

which allows sort of different connections to take place.

It's really awesome actually.

Every time you shift your attention from one thing to another, the brain has to engage a neurochemical switch that uses up nutrients in the brain to accomplish that.

So if you’re attempting to multitask, you know doing four or five things at once, you’re not actually four or five things at once, because the brain doesn’t work that way.

Instead, you’re rapidly shifting from one thing to the next, depleting neural resources as you go.

Decades ago, Our brains shifted attention at work every three minutes. Now, we do it every 45 seconds and we do it all day long.

For example, the average person checks email 74 times a day, & switches tasks on their computer 566 times a day. 

Right now, there are " studying teenagers " who are active on social media while they’re talking to their friends or doing their tasks.

Two years down the road, they’ll be less creative & imaginative about their own personal futures & about solving societal problems.

So the next time you go to check your phone,

ask yourself, “ What am I really looking for? " 

Because if it's to check email, that's fine - do it and be done.

But if it's to distract yourself from doing the hard work that comes with deeper thinking, take a break, and stare out the window  

& know that by doing nothing you are actually being your most productive & creative self.

It might feel weird & uncomfortable at first, but boredom truly can lead to brilliance.

All the stashes were from How Boredom can Lead to your Most Brilliant Ideas by Manoush Zomorodi.

If you are irritated by finding it hard to do little things in daily life, you must visit the 2-minute rules to beat procrastination.

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