The creativity conundrum

Creativity comes from boredom.

Real boredom. The kind where you stare at nothing for half an hour and let your mind wander.

When you fill every moment with distractions, you get lazy creativity. You pick the first thing that comes to mind. That’s the path of least resistance.

Real creativity needs mental free time. Space to break habits and explore different perspectives.

But we’ve eliminated boredom entirely.

You have access to almost all music ever recorded. Every movie you could want. Infinite YouTube videos. Chat tools that answer any question instantly.

And we use it all.

We’re always distracted from boredom.

Too distracted to get creative.

Make sure to leave some room for boredom. The kind where you sit and suddenly find yourself daydreaming.