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This week we are talking about boredom and why we might actually need it.
I stumbled across an article from the Harvard Business Review advocating the need for boredom. Why? Because being bored switches our brain into the Default Mode Network (DMN).
Wait, what’s the Default Mode Network?
Think of the DMN as your brain's backstage crew. It stitches memories together and connects dots between ideas you didn't know were related. It’s where daydreams live and where you rehearse conversations you're never actually going to have.
In other words: boredom isn’t empty. It can activate this network and give us access to our inner world.
But do we ever let ourselves be bored anymore?
Honestly, I don’t. I doubt you do either. Every sliver of downtime gets stuffed with something:
podcasts on the walk to the tube
reading a book during the commute
replying to texts during rest periods at the gym
