Ha! Of course — I should have known to mention the way that pets and animals can also teach us this skill 🙂

Thanks so much!

Whoa! Six months without WiFi — you could have a book deal by the end of that kind of endurance exercise! I would love to hear more about this experience as you enter into it, and what boredom looks like for 24-year-old you. And ahh, I am *so* happy to hear that you’re interrogating the precepts and traditions you were raised with. A lot of people don’t undertake that task and either keep it without asking questions, or desert it as soon as there’s a hiccup. I think it takes wrestling, and I hope your wrestling is fruitful! xox

Las Ventanas looks amazing — it wouldn’t be hard to unplug and bask in the present moment there at all!

YES, YES, YES! 🙌🏻 You totally nailed it. What are we really *doing* when we’re just distracting ourselves from being bored, anyway? In most cases, boredom is the way better option:)

Steven: thank you!! Both for your kind words and for the book recommendation. I hadn’t heard of it before, but I just added it to my cart — I can’t wait to read it!

That’s such a good way of putting it! There’s a lot of research that suggests the internet can rewire our brains (just like all habits and addictions!). But when I step back and think about what my kid-brain, I feel especially eager to try to re-train my mind to do what it used to be able to do!

Julie! This makes me so happy. I can’t wait to hear how this renewed effort is going for you! xox

I completely agree! I don’t always relish it like I should, though! 🙂

I’ve read about this subject before, but the way you explain it me made me want to get rid off my cell phone (or at least refrain from scrolling for days).

Paradoxically, boredom can result in better productivity. Boredom gives our brain a chance to rest. You made me realize why we need to set time aside for- boredom.

We are so trained ‘to do’ something all the time, then we sometimes pretend (even to ourselves) that we are doing something. After all, what are we really doing when we’re flipping channels, answers emails and talking on the phone- sometimes the more we do, the less we manage to get done.

Allowing ourselves to sit down, to do nothing is so important so that we could recharge, especially when it comes to recharging so we could create creative content.