Creativity from Boredom

Note to Self

I very much need to follow this too. The constant stream of information coming in is overwhelming and feels like there's no way to do anything except consume it. Every day there are more things trying to get as much of our (limited) attention as possible - who cares about quality or what the impact is?

I've noticed the calm and the creativity that has sprung from it. When someone asks if I'd be bored with something like time off from work, I tend to laugh. I don't really know what being bored is, there are so many more things I'm interested in than time to follow those interests.

This is about the time of the year (later into winter in the northeast US) that I start needing to see green outside again. While I appreciate the changes of season, there's this chunk of winter that feels like it drags into spring.

In that space though, I've found and made time to write out some of the things that I'm looking forward to doing. What ends up happening is usually a few "aha" moments, connecting some dots, and I have something to do now (ish). To be fair, other times I'll end up down a rabbit hole and wondering why it's three hours later.