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When we’re bored, we think. We get ideas. We let our mind wander. We ask ourselves; what if? We remember. We imagine. We relive. We learn. We reprioritize. We plan. We decide.
My 2026 goal is to be bored more often – Colin Devroe
Colin writes a beautiful post on why he's prioritizing boredom in 2026.
Usually, if I’m mowing the lawn, showering, shoveling snow, working in the garden, driving, doing the dishes, etc. I’ll have a podcast on. I listen to podcasts and watch YouTube videos that I learn from, so I thought that would be a net positive use of my time. But that only goes so far. I kept shoving new information in without letting myself have the time to use the information that I already collected. So, for now, I’ve been doing these tasks in relative silence… allowing my mind time to work, to distill, to create.
This resonates.
I was constantly listening to podcasts all the time too. I even had similar rationalizations. I am learning so much. All of these conversations are so interesting. True - to a certain degree.
However, processing them is equally important.
Giving your brain the time and space to crunch through what you heard, saw, felt, smelled is important. Like Colin says, I always come back with connections.
Connections that make sense of the new signals with a very important filter - me.
And that is the ultimate payout of boredom and letting your mind wander.
It's like waiting for the information to pass through a sieve. A sieve made of all your experiences, principles, morality etc and make you, more you.