‘Does boredom enhance creativity?’ is quite a fascinating question. To that, at least what I believe, is yes. When our minds are constantly occupied with something, we should give them a little ‘breathing room’, as one might say—taking a break from all the complicated stimuli present in our life, which are the causes of constant panic, stress and even work addiction.
Some of you might probably be thinking, ‘I’m not addicted to work, am I?’ but, this ‘work’ that is seemingly easy for us does tax our mind, for example, battling computer-generated monsters in video games or too much homework—one of these tasks may not be as fun as the other, though.
My hypothesis is that if we make our work-laden brain forced to rest, it WILL find more work to do in our day-to-day life. For example, when COVID-19 hit, many people learned new skills. I learned calligraphy, developed an interest in reading, learned to play the piano and started baking.
Even now, sometimes when there’s nothing to do at home, I find myself making a beautiful painting (and cleaning up the not-so-beautiful mess afterwards).
I’d also like to add that Steve Jobs, former CEO of the international technology company Apple, once said, “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” After all, if we constantly brainlessly use screens, one day, individuality will cease to exist.
