In an age of phones and short videos, many people treat boredom as something to escape. I believe moderate boredom can inspire creativity but only if we use that empty time well, instead of filling it with endless scrolling on social medias.
Today’s people are almost never bored: phones, short videos, and games fill their free time. But psychologists and some educators are beginning to argue the opposite: moderate boredom is not a waste of time. It may push the brain to invent ideas on its own and actually generate creativity. For example, when we put the phone away, the mind starts connecting old memories and new thoughts. The real question is: Is boredom fuel for creativity, or do people call it “laziness” only because they refuse to sit with quiet time and choose easy entertainment instead?
“I’m a big believer in boredom. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity, and out of curiosity comes everything,” according to Steve Jobs. My favorite mystery writer Agatha Christie said, ”There’s nothing like boredom to make you write,” during an interview with BBC in 1955. undefined These voices perspectives actually do support my point: empty time can awaken curiosity and push us to create make something.
Psychologists describe another similar idea which is really important to know: is that our brain reacts when we are bored, and it starts to pull up the memories that happened in the past and DMN will get more motivated which leads us to do things, according to psychologist James Danckert. Explain what DMN is. Also, cite the source.
There are actually many positive effects when you are bored, and in my opinion boredom is not a bad thing at all. First, it leads us to think and motivates us, so we start to get our new ideas out which is a really good advantage, especially for teenagers, which leads to another important fact that’s happening. It can teach us to control ourselves, keep calm and stop ourselves from getting on phones to keep scrolling through videos. Third, it practices our attention to and focus on what we really want, so it can increase efficiency in the future, preventing us from problems paying attention. For example, when I am bored, I write in my journal and decorates it, which is my favourite thing to do, and I started to do this constantly. It formed a habit because i felt that this is much more freeing freely and opens my mind, rather than staring at my phone for hours.
Some people say boredom makes them annoyed and anxious. The problem is often not boredom itself, but the easy escape—endless scrolling—which overstimulates the brain and can hurt creativity. Boredom is a chance to use blank time: read, write, play sports, or plan a real goal.