Shifting of Attention.

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...

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 ...

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.

It turns out that when you get bored, you ignite a network in your brain called the Default Mode.

In our daily life, while we’re folding the laundry or walking down the road our body surrenders to default mode & goes on auto-pilot; but experimentally this is when our brain ...

This is when we look back at our lives,

take note of the big moments,

create a personal narrative &

 then we set goals

& figure out what steps we need to take to reach them.

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

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