Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self

 
 

Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi is one book that almost any person over the age of 15 should spend the time to read, more importantly, digest. In an age where we are all bombarded by ads, videos, clickbait, work email, spam email, FaceTime, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, CandyCrush, podcasts, news, and a myriad of other distractions, the idea of letting go is both desirable and terrifying for many. Manoush takes the reader through her questions, her research and her approach to a way forward. This is not a self help book by any means but it is, like most things in life, an excellent tool from which one can start to see themselves and launch forward into future possibilities. Whether you feel the crush of a Digital Overload (Ch 2.), or you want to Reclaim Wonder (Ch 7.), this examination of why we need to let our minds wonder and enter back into that uncomfortable place of simple boredom is just the key.