The creativity that came with being bored. Without being able to entertain yourself with a phone at every moment, there were plenty of times when we’d hang out with nothing to do and end up having a blast after figuring out stuff to do. It’s so easy now to just sit and pass hours surfing the phone, and I think it’s taken the drive for that creativity away.
Also, the acceptance of being bored. We could be content for long periods of time just in our own thoughts. We didn’t have other people’s thoughts to consume all the time. Sometimes I miss my own thoughts, I don’t think I give them enough attention nowadays. Back then we didn’t have to work at it, oftentimes it was our thoughts or silence.
The creativity that came with being bored. Without being able to entertain yourself with a phone at every moment, there were plenty of times when we’d hang out with nothing to do and end up having a blast after figuring out stuff to do. It’s so easy now to just sit and pass hours surfing the phone, and I think it’s taken the drive for that creativity away.
Also, the acceptance of being bored. We could be content for long periods of time just in our own thoughts. We didn’t have other people’s thoughts to consume all the time. Sometimes I miss my own thoughts, I don’t think I give them enough attention nowadays. Back then we didn’t have to work at it, oftentimes it was our thoughts or silence.