In defence of boredom
Waiting for a train with nothing to do used to be normal. It may have been good for us.
Cover image Photo by Joseph Malone / Unsplash
Remember waiting for a train with nothing to read? The minutes stretched. You watched the tracks, the pigeons, the other passengers. Your mind wandered somewhere you had not planned.
Psychologists have a name for that wandering, and they think it matters: it is when we make connections, plan, remember. We have almost eliminated it, one notification at a time.
Try it once this week. Leave the phone in your pocket and be bored on purpose.
