The Secret to Creativity is…Boredom

To tap into your creative gifts, you must do the near impossible: Resist the temptation to fill every hour of your day with distractions.

Photo by Mr TT on Unsplash.

Kids these days.

They just don’t understand what life was like for all of us, Before the Internet.

Phones were for calling, and they didn’t move around. You could call a number to get the time and temperature, though, and that was certainly an improvement to whatever came before.

Probably a pocket-watch you had to wind and a Farmer’s Almanac- which was in its time a mass-printed wonder of the modern world.

Before GPS you had to print directions from a dubious and antiquated service called “Map Quest”. Prior to that, you could ask a total stranger for directions or learn to use a map.

Prior to that, a compass?

Learning some useful skill required knowing some kindly person with that skill willing to teach you- plus enough time and education to acquire it.

Since the advent of the internet, we’ve lost track of just how slowly things used to poke along for humanity, how difficult a slog progress has been.

All of humanity’s struggles- from our gathering, hunting beginnings to the skyline of New York City- have essentially been one long, continuous and…