I often have my best ideas when my iPhone battery has run out, or I'm going for a walk, or waiting on a platform for a delayed train (a familiar event in England). It's like when I was a kid at school; I'd be at my most imaginative when I was at my most bored, typically staring out of a classroom window, wondering why the hands of the clock on the wall were moving so slowly. Monotony seemed to be a good spur for inspiration.
Hi ! Thanks for the post ! I have a question about what you wrote about.
Oftentimes I found myself with a ton of things to do, and oddly I don't really have time to "do nothing". One of my wishes is to develop more my songwriting process and make more music but each time I sit down to do it, I just can't. I feel like I'm saturated and I block. This leads to frustration and I really start to feel the pain of that.
At the same time I feel like I just waste time by doing nothing...
Would you have any tips and tricks on how to implement the "bored time" in my schedule ?
Likewise writer-director Taika Waitit says some days he’ll open his laptop, stare at most of the day and close it. He still classifies it as writing. I think the key is not to have the mobile phone and social media distractions.
It's a challenge! Sting talks about going to the studio every day, not forcing anything. Sometimes he tinkers with a few things, goes home with nothing, but sees it all as part of the process.
Hi ! Thanks for the post ! I have a question about what you wrote about.
Oftentimes I found myself with a ton of things to do, and oddly I don't really have time to "do nothing". One of my wishes is to develop more my songwriting process and make more music but each time I sit down to do it, I just can't. I feel like I'm saturated and I block. This leads to frustration and I really start to feel the pain of that.
At the same time I feel like I just waste time by doing nothing...
Would you have any tips and tricks on how to implement the "bored time" in my schedule ?
Likewise writer-director Taika Waitit says some days he’ll open his laptop, stare at most of the day and close it. He still classifies it as writing. I think the key is not to have the mobile phone and social media distractions.
It's a challenge! Sting talks about going to the studio every day, not forcing anything. Sometimes he tinkers with a few things, goes home with nothing, but sees it all as part of the process.
Absolutely right.
bathe yourself in boredom. It’s the best muscle you can build!
https://www.jasonchatfield.com/blog/bathe-yourself-innbspboredom
Hell yeah!