Cool, keep it up You giving the great inspiration and truly great thoughts explained very intelligibly and comprehensibly I`m sure you making our society better by creating this vids Thank you!
A few months ago I quit using my phone for an entire week and realised how productive I can be when I’m bored. The first two minutes of this video match so perfectly with my experience. I started doing chores, since “at least its more fun than doing nothing”. And it even allowed me to do things I loved but had procrastinated, like writing stories. That’s why I chase boredom nowadays
Once, when I was a child, i was waiting in the airport bored as hell and my dad told me:” Being bored is one of the most important things in life.” Only recently I discovered how much he was right
@@borntoclimb7116 Definitely! Boredom has probably begotten far more junkies and alcoholics than geniuses. Most cope with boredom in destructive or ar keast unproductive ways.
@@volks7 you say you learn so much about life by being alone and yet you chose to be alone because you don’t want to learn even more . Sounds like you’re missing out
In the early 70’s, there were no 24/7 screen devices. Out of boredom, I taught myself to play the guitar and the bagpipes around the age of 10. I’m grateful to that boredom because now, at age 63, it has given me a lifetime of joy playing those instruments. Boredom makes you less boring!
You had the talent! Many people don't. I enjoy music, but lacking any talent, the most I can do in the absence of external stimuli is "listen " to my favourite music in my head.
@@Danko_Sekulic Nah, it's a matter of interest in my opinion. If you're interested enough, you'll put in the work and get driven by the process of learning.
In my own experience, boredom during the pandemic really helped me out. Starting having thoughts of exercising and believing that it would lead me to great things. As I enter my senior year High School, I went on to discover my hidden talent in running, and almost immediately became one of the fastest people in High School
OMG! This just put me in different perception towards boredom. I somewhat thought it’s stupid to be bored, useless, waste of time, when reality, it’s natural and has it’s purpose.
Thanks man. I needed this. I am on my phone literally 24/7. Social media and especially Tiktok is ruining my productivity. Best advice I have seen all year. I will hopefully embrace boredom
Same here. I deleted all of Snapchat, Facebook, instagram, & tiktok. It took a while to get used to not using social media. But now I love it. It lead me to depression. I got out of it. I started to read books. Spend more time with family. And starting to go outside more.
@@CarrterGolf1i deleted social media too but i find my self scrolling in youtube now yearning for fun still better than tiktok though for all the damage that its done to my attention span
I have a lot of trouble sleeping, with it often taking an hour or two hours of lying in the dark before I actually sleep. I hated going to sleep because I found that hour before I actually fell asleep so boring. It was when I was offered melatonin I was faced with the option to get rid of that time. I felt conflicted about it because I knew it would lead to me getting more sleep, but I started to realize how much of my most creative thinking was done in that hour before I fell asleep. I’m really happy that I watched this video, because it really did a great job putting into words something that has been mulling in the back of my mind. I wonder what sorts of things I can imagine if I have more than just that hour before sleep to sit with my thoughts.
Being alone with your thoughts is not bad as we think, it makes us delve within and think of things that are innovative and creative. Back then, being alone excites me a lot and my mind was actually noisy in a way it makes me think more and more stuff. I am really fond in writing and reading, as it was my favorite activities back then when wifi was barely accessible. It made me think of new concepts and create a whole story with my mind to the fact that it felt I am in the story itself. Ideas come at a random that felt like a "Eureka" moment, it was fun and I felt genuine happiness just thinking of new stuff in my head. But then when I got to college, everything became different and being alone with myself won't suit me in my current state so, I socialized, seek friends, and forced myself into others just for the sake of surviving the whole college thing. After that, being alone somewhat felt like uncomfortable again which I try to find ways to entertain my mind and it happens automatically. Things that are not enjoyable became a hard task and I usually procrastinate to avoid it without knowing I am being afraid of being alone with my thoughts. As I am writing this, I doing myself a favor to come back to what I was before, reviving the inner creative within, be alone with my thoughts. It's not easy but I'll try my best to cope with this "Fear of being alone" into something meaningful. I hope those who are reading this should not be a slave to entertainment and let yourself embrace the unknown, alone with your thoughts.
You can play games in solitude or watch a video, maybe even learn some new skills. But boredom allows you to think. Thinking about yourself and the world and connecting them. The mind is more creative and work is usually done. Personally, I believe they go hand to hand. Solitude leads to boredom, followed by insight.
I’ve kept this in my playlist to watch for several months. I tried watching a few times over, but I’ve finally just got to it. This is a pulchritude of an perspective.
Wow, Thank you for making this video, I used to love making art stuff not until I stopped doing it last year, I realize now I spent most of my time on my phone which is a distraction and to me it totally make sense that in the video when it says "you lose touch with your own self and what you want in life and that your creativity will most likely decrease to zero". Everytime I try to go back to drawing I find it hard to think creative ways to do it again. Thats why all during the past, the greatest forefathers in arts have the most beautiful and detailed art works is because there was no distraction and with boredome they channel it to study and think every details putting greatness into their craft.
Hello I don’t think u will read this message but thanks to your video, your title was enough to make me start being bored again, I’ll stop everything cold turkey have a nice day
While you're right in almost everything I can think of in this video, boredom isn't having a free time within which one may spend developing his own thoughts, but also encompasses the loss of will as well to do almost most of the things one once enjoyed. Doesn't mean it's permanent or goes on for hours, but there's a difference between dedicating some time to process your accumulated thoughts and emotions (which I think fulfills all the points you addressed, and being "not in the mood" for doing most of what you liked, say yesterday. I'd argue boredom mostly means that mood loss than the free time, as one can do his job while still being bored. Yes, having free time does provoke this feeling, but even sometimes without it, this loss can happen.
so goddamn wrong, boredom=your habbits no longer stimulate you -> 2 choices: 1.do i make some changes? 2. I remain like this even though im miserable? (but it's easier... but ill start that 1 thing one day... but but buts, if you don't picture you doing this then you don't understand my comment, and sorry for trying to teach you the wrong way. I am giving some good advice in the comments because i got rich so my way works, if you're rich as well then forget what i said, it's meaningless, live your way. But if you wanna get rich listen to me, and if you ask the first question and you take action you ll be so rich you won't write weird notions of "boredom" on youtube like that. Real boredom is when nothing else in life stimulates you, but "THE ONE THING" that is your dream and afraid to do, so you actually get started on it. and when you reach the top, you ll have so many things to do to delete boredom forever, you ll want to be bored eventually, because at one point you ll miss having those deep thinking sessions :) believe what you want, but i talk from experience, too much i know, but no one believes anything nowadays, so im just giving more proof :v
fact that i wrote this means im bored, i guess, by the way :v i usually charge 10.000$ for a session of mine where i teach those things :v and it's not a scam if it changes the way you think, because that s the real gas for making real money, not running around, chasing them, cuz we scare them like that :))
fact that i wrote this means im bored, i guess, by the way :v i usually charge a lot for a session of mine where i teach those things :v and it's not a lie if it changes the way one thinks, because that s the real gas for making real money, not running around, chasing them, cuz we scare them like that :))
This ^ I haven’t watched an actual tv show or movie in months . The only thing my mind will allow me to do is things that better myself . Which is you could imagine is very lonely and can get boring
@@QuintupleSOMG YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I remember reading sherlock holmes. He always forgets things, except when it comes to chemistry? (I'm thinking that's correctly recalled) and to do with detective stuff (probably). Point is, everything but what interests him bores him into forgetting about it but I remembered it specifically because he's like: a genius when it comes to everything he's passionate about but stupid as fuck for anything else.
Thank you for making this video. I have known about how much instant gratification I indulge in, and I have know about delay gratification, avoiding bad dopamine. But I have been still struggling with avoiding instant gratification. Your video has inspired me to avoid all forms of instant gratification UA-cam, TikTok, games, movies, music, etc. I am better off just doing endless pushups than indulge in instant gratification.
I came to my new life by staring at the emptiness of the white wall of a hospital. There I saw my distain for it and vowed never to come by its presence again but also discovered the crux of my sickness. It’s been a year since that day and I am holding down a job, have my own place, and my art has never been so vibrant. So much has changed but I still stare at walls as a time to ponder but as a reminder of what lead me to my better existence. I’m glad to see this idea repeated and gain much hope our return to this. Thanks for the video and loved the choice of art for its background, it brought such a beauty to the idea.
Yesterday, I decided to stay for 12 hours without my phone, can't eating or drinking any thing, sitting in a small place in my room, with a notebook and pen, and some books for read, I was trying to get inside my mind, but this video, show me that what I was doing yesterday, it was a good idea, it was the path to be the stocisism and polymath guy that I want to be, thank you so much for making me excited to feel bored again.
I'm not afraid of boredom, I'm scared of being left alone with my own thoughts, i do not control them nor can i learn how to, and the only way to keep myself safe is by always being distracted, music has become an integral part of my general well-being, playing the classical guitar has become a therapeutic activity in which i never have to think or care about anything except the quality of the sounds i create, which is a state of mind that spans most of my day, the problem doesn't lie in excess stimulus, rather in unhealthy stimulus, find what's worthy of being done infinitely throughout your life and worship it.
As a person who lived absolutely alone for 2 years, talking to people only a couple of hours per week and not using socials/playing video games, my productivity didn't skyrocket. I just sat alone, looking at the wall, not wanting to do anything. I had to force myself to go prepare food. I've gotten seriously depressed. Now that I'm back to living with the family and usual things, I might be procrastinating a lot, but I'm much happier. At the end of the day, watching silly cat videos and laughing at things with others is worth more than greatness.
This is such a great video. I am always doing something to distract my self from boredom, but it definitely would be benefitial to not be so afraid of it. You gained a subscriber!
What an important message to today's society. Thank you for making this video. :) In all honesty, I never feel bored, because when I have 'nothing to do' I sit and meditate and thoughts come to life. And you're so right: being constantly entertained numbs one's creativity. I have noticed that with myself as well. But you can get it back easily by doing exactl as this video says.
I feel like statements author makes about boredom are misleading. Firstly, we don't seek distraction from boredom to avoid our thoughts (unless you're experiencing traumatic or stressful events in life, from which distraction is vital). Our thoughts often resonate with topics you already know and like, such as topic brought by a book, event that happened in game, etc. It takes some time to process information we found interesting and during that procession our thoughts are vivid. When we run out of them, we feel boredom. Given examples do not resonate with boredom, but with curiosity. Those people came up with new ideas not because of being bored. They where only analyzing information tied to field they specialize on, then found something that resonated with their knowledge. That's inspiration!
Thank you. I needed this. I will place a restriction on YT using a screen time management app and allow myself to be bored. I hope to finally, finally give myself the break needed in order to engage in what I used to enjoy.
So, your only source of atimulation and entertainment is YT and other platforms?? That's sad! I cannot tolerate boredom, and I can and have spent weeks without internet.
I was staying at my dads place which is very remote. I was bored living there for a couple months. I started reading books on my kindle, which I rarely done before. I read 2 books and then started reading the Bible. I am now a practicing Catholic. Boredom is metal.
I always had the assumption that being bored is a waste of time rather I could watch some informative video on yt. But now I'll rather be bored and embrace it
I noticed this when I was like 7 or 8 years old but i was not aware of any of the examples. I just had this topic in my mind a lot earlier. And today this is recommended to me
Absolutely fantastic video on the philosophy of boredom! The way you explain the details is so calming and gives me so much clarity when I think deeply about what’s best for me and the people around me. Thank you!! ❤
it seems like everytime i just end up back in my lazy cycle. i always get to a point where i feel like im making progress on myslef, but before i even notice i'm back to square one.
Watching video about boredom to avoid boredom. I know the contradiction. However, I must thank you for making this educational video as this topic couldn't be more current. I use very little social media nowadays but this was a good reminder to consider this topic further. As in most cases, coins have their other side as well and this is one great example of a worthwhile youtube video.
thank you for this mind opening leson about boredom! Since a couple of months I was thinking, how could I improve myselfe, but I frogt to just be bored at times and always looked for something to do. But this just made me lose my own mind a bit again. So thank you.
I experienced this today as my dissatisfaction with the youtube algorithm led me to turn it off and meditate for a while, read a few chapters from a book I normally don't find the time for, do a chore I had been putting off for months, take a walk, sit down at the local cemetery, and be able to catch up with my regular evening routine around the same time as usual, where normally I would've spent those 3 hours watching videos.
experienced the same thing with youtube and i thought about doing something different than just wait for new algorithms to appear, i wonder how well it turned out for you in terms of productivity
I fear any possibility of going to prison and be trapped in a small cramped space full of people I do not trust. However, I deeply think of those who are in prisons... Out of respect for their reality. I sometimes deliberately drop everything I do and just enjoy my own company doing nothing other than thinking or reading. This practice has helped me appreciate the smallest things we have a privilege of enjoying as well as allowing my mind and body to really slow down and step back more often than not. It has also made me look up to the skies more often. I have always been content with my life but with this... I also learned to further appreciate TIME
I'm gonna be honest !! An year ago before INFINITY WAR was released, in my summer vacations, I was succumbed to total boredom for a day and *seriously the whole story of INFINITY WAR was there in my mind with different characters !! That's the power of boredom. I have felt that !!*
Something similar for me, I played video games for a whole month every day for hours until the evening during my summer break. Before school, I had a moment of boredom when I realized I could have used some of that time wasted on instant gratification, learning new things.
Thanks bro, lately ive been procrastinating and forgetting my goal for this year. I'll start by stop using my phone and focus on doing what is in front on me right now.
It's true that in today's world, we often find ourselves filling every idle moment with distractions. The examples of great thinkers like Newton, Watt, and Jobs are compelling reminders that embracing moments of boredom can lead to remarkable insights and innovations. I appreciate the message here, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection and mindful solitude. It's a timely reminder that the pursuit of constant stimulation can sometimes hinder our creativity and self-discovery. So, let's all take a moment to appreciate the value of occasional boredom and use it as a stepping stone!
Thanks for this eye opener. I started to experience more boredom for the last month, and it has improved my productivity and towered my mind to new heights.
If god is so omni-benevolent, and omnipotent, then why wont he make all of us initially equal? And it is through hardships and suffering that we develop both body and mind? How do you wish to reconcile about the disabled people?
00:02 Boredom is actually one of the best things that can happen to you 00:59 Escaping boredom impacts focus and creativity. 01:56 Boredom leads to analyzing self and sparking creativity. 02:58 Boredom led Newton to discover universal gravitation 03:57 Boredom and questioning can lead to greatness 04:56 Boredom sparks creativity and revolutionary ideas. 05:58 Boredom can lead to great ideas 07:01 Embrace boredom to find true self Boredom is actually one of the best things that can happen to you - Many individuals' lives have been changed by boredom - Constantly trying to escape boredom can create an inability to be alone with one's own thoughts Escaping boredom impacts focus and creativity. - Constantly numbing yourself with dopamine-inducing activities makes everything else seem boring and meaningless. - Spending time alone and bored with your thoughts makes other tasks easier to execute. Boredom leads to analyzing self and sparking creativity. - Boredom leads to understanding oneself and fosters creativity. - Boredom has led some of the greatest people in history to revolutionary ideas and changing the world. Boredom led Newton to discover universal gravitation - Newton's boredom under an apple tree led to his curiosity about the force causing the apple to fall. - This curiosity eventually led to the development of his theory of universal gravitation and mathematical formulas describing the force. Boredom and questioning can lead to greatness - Newton's discovery of gravity revolutionized physics and other scientific fields - Being bored and questioning things can lead to great discoveries Boredom sparks creativity and revolutionary ideas. - Newton and James Watt found inspiration when bored and distracted. - Watt's steam engine invention revolutionized steam power usage. Boredom can lead to great ideas - Steve Jobs came up with the idea for the iPod during a period of boredom - Great philosophers believed that boredom can inspire us to explore new ideas and possibilities Embrace boredom to find true self - Learn to love being alone and enjoy your own existence - Use boredom to practice mindfulness and confront limitations for new possibilities
Boredom in the pandemic made me want to learn the piano and I discovered a hidden talent there. I may not be the future mozart, but I can already play some chopin etudes, which is no small feat
Great video. I see a lot of inspiration from Academy Of Ideas and that's cool. We need more channels putting out content like this. Keep on posting, you'll surely changing someone's life !
Im a teenager with no car or money to go to cool places, my family is also broke so we dont get to go out very often, cant find job, no girlfriend, my friends live very far apart, I got burnt out of tiktok a long time ago so I don’t use it, I get bored of videogames very fast (over 255 steam games, naa shit 💀) and I dont know any shows or movies to watch because Ive watched pretty much everything in my boredom. I spend a lot of time just sitting in bed, maybe if I feel motivated I’ll work on my music, maybe do chores in the house or endlessly walk through where I live just bored and contemplating how fun life could be. But now I’m overthinking about things I never worried about or thought about too much before, it’s become a huge problem. I used to be able to go to sleep perfectly when I had things to do through the day, but now I struggle to sleep thinking too deeply into things like death, the past, the future, existence, etc. I hate it and miss when my mind was not worried about things like this, and now I do not know or have a way to go back. Boredom has sparked great ideas for some people, in my case, it just makes me cry. It’s now the point where I rather be at school than at home, every weekend feels like hell and even worse during long breaks (which sucks cuz Im a senior so school is ending soon) Because at school I talk to people, I mess around, Im learnings things, I laugh. But at home I don’t, and the overthinking caused by boredom has done nothing but ruin my mental state. Im hoping for one day to have as many things to distract me from my inner thoughts as possible, because what I thought could help me has only been making my life hell for the last year or so. Maybe boredom can work for some, sure, but it has done nothing but cause sleep deprivation, nightmares and depression for me.
An observation of my own habits relating to boredom, I’ve noticed when I was younger and I was bored of video games or whatever I was doing I’d simply stop and kind of just be bored until I decided to do something else. Now, I force myself to do things that I do normally enjoy doing, but feel no desire to do. Part of me feels that time is running out so I’d rather fill that time with something than nothing even though I recognize that it’s actually detrimental to my state of mind
After watching this I realized I was most in touch with myself when I was at school staring at the wall. I thought anything was possible, no limiting beliefs, came up with the most spontaneous creative s-hi-t ever. Now my brains rotten… at 26. Never give up, let’s do this brothers
This makes sense, at night i get super active and motivated to do stuff, and thats cause i shut down my pc and is heading to bed. But i cant just turn on a vacuum cleaner at night. So i say "i know i wont do it tommorow, but i have to hope i will pull myself together to do it"
It is amazing that these same stories happened with the person who most changed the course of history, In Islam, the Prophet Muhammad used to sit every night in a cave near his city (Mecca) and do nothing but contemplate the sky and the stars, and from here was the starting point for establishing the greatest empire in history.
I understand boredom, but at the same time you literally have one life. You’re already great. Just to be alive and to experience is greatness so do whatever you want and have as much fun as you want. If you don’t want to be bored don’t be. Your time is now.
Is thinking and developing your self not living in the moment, I'd argue mindless happiness like social media or vices isn't living in the moment and you can say happy moments like skydiving or new experiences is living in the moment but you can't do that all the time like thinking and the aftermath of being bored.
@@iamagoodman I definitely see where you’re coming from because I very much love self improvement and development of mind, body, soul, but at the end of the day after sitting in isolation and boredom for a while really doesn’t do anything for you other than maybe get you to the same place Solomon got to which is the ultimate ending realization for a human that “nothing matters.” So at this point you just have to put down the book and do whatever it is you want that makes you healthy and happy.
when i quit drugs i was 3month bored barely used phone only for audiobooks . i did alot of thinking and selftalk and kept wondering how long i feel this bored . now life's better and have no time to be bored feels like have too little time to do all things i want to do
The main point is to not be scared to be in situations that seem boring. They may be the most important, the time when your mind can wonder all over the place like you have described for yourself.
I have online studying and spend my time in my room 90% of the time. At first i struggled then after a couple of month i found a job and started learning german and repeating my studying again and again
Hey everyone! Thanks for all the support! Working on the new videos which will be 100x times better!
Cool, keep it up
You giving the great inspiration and truly great thoughts explained very intelligibly and comprehensibly
I`m sure you making our society better by creating this vids
Thank you!
Boredom gives the privilege to meditate.
Excited to see what else you've got brother
Keep going !
I am unemployed for many years now and I am bored most of the time yet I don't feel great at all. What am I doing wrong?
I'm watching this video to avoid boredom.
Edit: leave me alone dammit
Lmao
same
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This is like the least exciting type of video ever lmao
Me also
A few months ago I quit using my phone for an entire week and realised how productive I can be when I’m bored. The first two minutes of this video match so perfectly with my experience. I started doing chores, since “at least its more fun than doing nothing”. And it even allowed me to do things I loved but had procrastinated, like writing stories. That’s why I chase boredom nowadays
Great to hear your experience! Wish you all the best!
Ya ya. Fake news.
@@LoopLife42 give it a try. I myself will too! Let's see our results by the end of the month alright?
Imagine calling chores productive. lmao. Look mom, i made food, i did the bare minimum to survive today. Man's thriving
Stop chasing greatness loser just do you and be ok with it.@@ghoulblox8209
Once, when I was a child, i was waiting in the airport bored as hell and my dad told me:” Being bored is one of the most important things in life.” Only recently I discovered how much he was right
So wise
Dont forgot, to much bored is pretty Dangerous, lot of drinkers or drug junkies start because they are bored
@@borntoclimb7116
Definitely! Boredom has probably begotten far more junkies and alcoholics than geniuses. Most cope with boredom in destructive or ar keast unproductive ways.
a real father figure
So wise man, shoutout pops.
Im a loner and I spend most of my time alone with my thoughts and learned so much about life
You will learn even more from spending time with people .
@@tomperry5947 Yeah and thats why I chose to be alone
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@@volks7 you say you learn so much about life by being alone and yet you chose to be alone because you don’t want to learn even more . Sounds like you’re missing out
@@tomperry5947 No disrespect but you need to learn how to read between the lines
In the early 70’s, there were no 24/7 screen devices. Out of boredom, I taught myself to play the guitar and the bagpipes around the age of 10. I’m grateful to that boredom because now, at age 63, it has given me a lifetime of joy playing those instruments. Boredom makes you less boring!
That's so COOL!
You had the talent! Many people don't. I enjoy music, but lacking any talent, the most I can do in the absence of external stimuli is "listen " to my favourite music in my head.
@@Danko_Sekulic Nah, it's a matter of interest in my opinion. If you're interested enough, you'll put in the work and get driven by the process of learning.
@@Danko_Sekulic you've got a Fixed Mindset i think it's called
In my own experience, boredom during the pandemic really helped me out. Starting having thoughts of exercising and believing that it would lead me to great things. As I enter my senior year High School, I went on to discover my hidden talent in running, and almost immediately became one of the fastest people in High School
Just don’t peak in highschool lil bro
😭😭😭😭😭@@Zepego-jk2iz
Thats the key, sometime boredom is good but to much is bad
@@borntoclimb7116what’s to much?
@Zepego-jk2iz yes cuz if u peak in high school, people will interrupt you being alone.
Sleep is just Death being shy, while Boredom is the mind recognizing Life's emptiness.
quite nihilistic of you, exurb1a
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Charles Schwab ova here
Just because you lack imagination and struggle with depression doesn't mean all your cognitive distortions are brilliant and/or true.
@@avamasquerade As an artist, I've no problem with creativity; it feeds the unfillable void of boredom.
OMG! This just put me in different perception towards boredom. I somewhat thought it’s stupid to be bored, useless, waste of time, when reality, it’s natural and has it’s purpose.
Thanks man. I needed this. I am on my phone literally 24/7. Social media and especially Tiktok is ruining my productivity. Best advice I have seen all year. I will hopefully embrace boredom
Wish you all the best!
Same here. I deleted all of Snapchat, Facebook, instagram, & tiktok. It took a while to get used to not using social media. But now I love it. It lead me to depression. I got out of it. I started to read books. Spend more time with family. And starting to go outside more.
@@CarrterGolf1 good for you :)
@@CarrterGolf1 Thank God...... Not everyone can do it😁
@@CarrterGolf1i deleted social media too but i find my self scrolling in youtube now yearning for fun still better than tiktok though for all the damage that its done to my attention span
I have a lot of trouble sleeping, with it often taking an hour or two hours of lying in the dark before I actually sleep. I hated going to sleep because I found that hour before I actually fell asleep so boring. It was when I was offered melatonin I was faced with the option to get rid of that time. I felt conflicted about it because I knew it would lead to me getting more sleep, but I started to realize how much of my most creative thinking was done in that hour before I fell asleep. I’m really happy that I watched this video, because it really did a great job putting into words something that has been mulling in the back of my mind. I wonder what sorts of things I can imagine if I have more than just that hour before sleep to sit with my thoughts.
Oh my god, SAME. Nowadays i actually look forward to that time before i fell asleep, making up fun stories and all
It's worth waking early to experience what happens on a resting mind bored in the morning upon waking
Thanks for reminding about the time before sleeping bro!!
Read a book to fall asleep
I clicked on this video because I was bored
It's actually a gift to be bored you don't want to be someone who has so much to handle it overwhelmed themselves life is balance work hand play hard
Being alone with your thoughts is not bad as we think, it makes us delve within and think of things that are innovative and creative. Back then, being alone excites me a lot and my mind was actually noisy in a way it makes me think more and more stuff. I am really fond in writing and reading, as it was my favorite activities back then when wifi was barely accessible. It made me think of new concepts and create a whole story with my mind to the fact that it felt I am in the story itself. Ideas come at a random that felt like a "Eureka" moment, it was fun and I felt genuine happiness just thinking of new stuff in my head.
But then when I got to college, everything became different and being alone with myself won't suit me in my current state so, I socialized, seek friends, and forced myself into others just for the sake of surviving the whole college thing. After that, being alone somewhat felt like uncomfortable again which I try to find ways to entertain my mind and it happens automatically. Things that are not enjoyable became a hard task and I usually procrastinate to avoid it without knowing I am being afraid of being alone with my thoughts.
As I am writing this, I doing myself a favor to come back to what I was before, reviving the inner creative within, be alone with my thoughts. It's not easy but I'll try my best to cope with this "Fear of being alone" into something meaningful. I hope those who are reading this should not be a slave to entertainment and let yourself embrace the unknown, alone with your thoughts.
I did not watch this video because i was bored. I searched for it and found it useful, also took notes. Thanks for these insights.
This was the greatest 7 minutes of my life and I will keep it with me.
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Being bored is actually more exciting than not the opposite
I love how the pacing of this video is a test for people to overcome boredom and truly listen
So true
I've literally never allowed myself to be bored since becoming an adult. This is an interesting slant.
Replace boredom with solitude and instantly this presentation becomes world class.
Solitude is normally voluntary; boredom usually is not.
If you replace boredom with solitude it would just be incorrect
You can play games in solitude or watch a video, maybe even learn some new skills.
But boredom allows you to think. Thinking about yourself and the world and connecting them. The mind is more creative and work is usually done.
Personally, I believe they go hand to hand. Solitude leads to boredom, followed by insight.
that leads to emptiness and apathy
Productivity + Boredom = Finds an alternative way to have more fun and creative ways to learn
Living through boredom is especially a necessary element when a person is confronting their deadly addictions. Great video!
I’ve kept this in my playlist to watch for several months. I tried watching a few times over, but I’ve finally just got to it. This is a pulchritude of an perspective.
Wow, Thank you for making this video, I used to love making art stuff not until I stopped doing it last year, I realize now I spent most of my time on my phone which is a distraction and to me it totally make sense that in the video when it says "you lose touch with your own self and what you want in life and that your creativity will most likely decrease to zero". Everytime I try to go back to drawing I find it hard to think creative ways to do it again. Thats why all during the past, the greatest forefathers in arts have the most beautiful and detailed art works is because there was no distraction and with boredome they channel it to study and think every details putting greatness into their craft.
Hello I don’t think u will read this message but thanks to your video, your title was enough to make me start being bored again, I’ll stop everything cold turkey have a nice day
You are welcome
@@M1ndful-Main seriously video itself was boring, I was having serious issue in completing the video I found that I have got this problem 😔
This video changed my life, thank you. I’m gonna practice being bored now.
I'm watching this because this idea of boredom leading me to greatness came into my mind.
His voice seems to somehow embody boredom, amazing!
While you're right in almost everything I can think of in this video, boredom isn't having a free time within which one may spend developing his own thoughts, but also encompasses the loss of will as well to do almost most of the things one once enjoyed. Doesn't mean it's permanent or goes on for hours, but there's a difference between dedicating some time to process your accumulated thoughts and emotions (which I think fulfills all the points you addressed, and being "not in the mood" for doing most of what you liked, say yesterday.
I'd argue boredom mostly means that mood loss than the free time, as one can do his job while still being bored. Yes, having free time does provoke this feeling, but even sometimes without it, this loss can happen.
so goddamn wrong, boredom=your habbits no longer stimulate you -> 2 choices: 1.do i make some changes?
2. I remain like this even though im miserable? (but it's easier... but ill start that 1 thing one day... but but buts, if you don't picture you doing this then you don't understand my comment, and sorry for trying to teach you the wrong way. I am giving some good advice in the comments because i got rich so my way works, if you're rich as well then forget what i said, it's meaningless, live your way. But if you wanna get rich listen to me, and if you ask the first question and you take action you ll be so rich you won't write weird notions of "boredom" on youtube like that. Real boredom is when nothing else in life stimulates you, but "THE ONE THING" that is your dream and afraid to do, so you actually get started on it. and when you reach the top, you ll have so many things to do to delete boredom forever, you ll want to be bored eventually, because at one point you ll miss having those deep thinking sessions :) believe what you want, but i talk from experience, too much i know, but no one believes anything nowadays, so im just giving more proof :v
fact that i wrote this means im bored, i guess, by the way :v i usually charge 10.000$ for a session of mine where i teach those things :v and it's not a scam if it changes the way you think, because that s the real gas for making real money, not running around, chasing them, cuz we scare them like that :))
fact that i wrote this means im bored, i guess, by the way :v i usually charge a lot for a session of mine where i teach those things :v and it's not a lie if it changes the way one thinks, because that s the real gas for making real money, not running around, chasing them, cuz we scare them like that :))
This ^ I haven’t watched an actual tv show or movie in months . The only thing my mind will allow me to do is things that better myself . Which is you could imagine is very lonely and can get boring
@@QuintupleSOMG YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I remember reading sherlock holmes. He always forgets things, except when it comes to chemistry? (I'm thinking that's correctly recalled) and to do with detective stuff (probably). Point is, everything but what interests him bores him into forgetting about it but I remembered it specifically because he's like: a genius when it comes to everything he's passionate about but stupid as fuck for anything else.
This man providing an entirely different angle to life ✨
We appreciate how well you’ve articulated your insights. You’ll always have our support.
Thank you for making this video. I have known about how much instant gratification I indulge in, and I have know about delay gratification, avoiding bad dopamine. But I have been still struggling with avoiding instant gratification. Your video has inspired me to avoid all forms of instant gratification UA-cam, TikTok, games, movies, music, etc. I am better off just doing endless pushups than indulge in instant gratification.
I came to my new life by staring at the emptiness of the white wall of a hospital. There I saw my distain for it and vowed never to come by its presence again but also discovered the crux of my sickness. It’s been a year since that day and I am holding down a job, have my own place, and my art has never been so vibrant. So much has changed but I still stare at walls as a time to ponder but as a reminder of what lead me to my better existence. I’m glad to see this idea repeated and gain much hope our return to this. Thanks for the video and loved the choice of art for its background, it brought such a beauty to the idea.
Yesterday, I decided to stay for 12 hours without my phone, can't eating or drinking any thing, sitting in a small place in my room, with a notebook and pen, and some books for read, I was trying to get inside my mind, but this video, show me that what I was doing yesterday, it was a good idea, it was the path to be the stocisism and polymath guy that I want to be, thank you so much for making me excited to feel bored again.
I found my phone has consumed me. So much I wanna do, I wanna write stories and make things but my phone has taken my ability to day dream. 😔
Should probably stay hydrated while doing this tho 😂
it's generous for you to say I will do something great if I'm bored.
Boredom has indeed encouraged me to have a much fresher perspective on so much. Thank you for this very helpful video.
I'm not afraid of boredom, I'm scared of being left alone with my own thoughts, i do not control them nor can i learn how to, and the only way to keep myself safe is by always being distracted, music has become an integral part of my general well-being, playing the classical guitar has become a therapeutic activity in which i never have to think or care about anything except the quality of the sounds i create, which is a state of mind that spans most of my day, the problem doesn't lie in excess stimulus, rather in unhealthy stimulus, find what's worthy of being done infinitely throughout your life and worship it.
As a person who lived absolutely alone for 2 years, talking to people only a couple of hours per week and not using socials/playing video games, my productivity didn't skyrocket. I just sat alone, looking at the wall, not wanting to do anything. I had to force myself to go prepare food. I've gotten seriously depressed.
Now that I'm back to living with the family and usual things, I might be procrastinating a lot, but I'm much happier. At the end of the day, watching silly cat videos and laughing at things with others is worth more than greatness.
Sounds like a you problem bro
woah thats what ive been thinking about for 2 years, now i know that im not alone
“Distraction is the death of art, while boredom is the birthplace of it”
This is absolutely true, my final Essay in Highschool was about this and it won me awards
This is such a great video. I am always doing something to distract my self from boredom, but it definitely would be benefitial to not be so afraid of it. You gained a subscriber!
Imagine your great grandfather watching this video that advises you to be bored, man life changed so much
What an important message to today's society. Thank you for making this video. :)
In all honesty, I never feel bored, because when I have 'nothing to do' I sit and meditate and thoughts come to life. And you're so right: being constantly entertained numbs one's creativity. I have noticed that with myself as well. But you can get it back easily by doing exactl as this video says.
I feel like statements author makes about boredom are misleading. Firstly, we don't seek distraction from boredom to avoid our thoughts (unless you're experiencing traumatic or stressful events in life, from which distraction is vital). Our thoughts often resonate with topics you already know and like, such as topic brought by a book, event that happened in game, etc. It takes some time to process information we found interesting and during that procession our thoughts are vivid. When we run out of them, we feel boredom.
Given examples do not resonate with boredom, but with curiosity. Those people came up with new ideas not because of being bored. They where only analyzing information tied to field they specialize on, then found something that resonated with their knowledge. That's inspiration!
Thank you. I needed this. I will place a restriction on YT using a screen time management app and allow myself to be bored. I hope to finally, finally give myself the break needed in order to engage in what I used to enjoy.
Great to hear! Wish you all the best on your journey of becoming your best self.
So, your only source of atimulation and entertainment is YT and other platforms?? That's sad! I cannot tolerate boredom, and I can and have spent weeks without internet.
"a man is free when can bear his own silence"
I was staying at my dads place which is very remote. I was bored living there for a couple months. I started reading books on my kindle, which I rarely done before. I read 2 books and then started reading the Bible. I am now a practicing Catholic. Boredom is metal.
I always had the assumption that being bored is a waste of time rather I could watch some informative video on yt. But now I'll rather be bored and embrace it
Love the content bro love to see more people like us encouraging others to do the best of the ability God bless
I learned very young in life that people who can't be alone are not healthy people.
Even more true about people who can not sit and contemplate.
Some of the greatest, most life changing decisions I’ve made in my life were made when I was kinda bored 😂
People say I'm weird when I like being bored in class but in class is where I come up with the best video ideas because I'm bored
Newton was so bored he discovered gravity 💀
Bro really made calculus because he was bored 💀
I noticed this when I was like 7 or 8 years old but i was not aware of any of the examples. I just had this topic in my mind a lot earlier. And today this is recommended to me
Absolutely fantastic video on the philosophy of boredom! The way you explain the details is so calming and gives me so much clarity when I think deeply about what’s best for me and the people around me. Thank you!! ❤
it seems like everytime i just end up back in my lazy cycle. i always get to a point where i feel like im making progress on myslef, but before i even notice i'm back to square one.
Watching video about boredom to avoid boredom. I know the contradiction. However, I must thank you for making this educational video as this topic couldn't be more current. I use very little social media nowadays but this was a good reminder to consider this topic further. As in most cases, coins have their other side as well and this is one great example of a worthwhile youtube video.
thank you for this mind opening leson about boredom! Since a couple of months I was thinking, how could I improve myselfe, but I frogt to just be bored at times and always looked for something to do. But this just made me lose my own mind a bit again. So thank you.
Loooove this. Can't wait to show my kids. We all need to see this video.
It was a pleasure to watch this video and havw a great night sir.
I’m not afraid of Boredom, im just addicted to my phone.
So true ❤️❤️
I m not hungry I m jut can't stop eating
I experienced this today as my dissatisfaction with the youtube algorithm led me to turn it off and meditate for a while, read a few chapters from a book I normally don't find the time for, do a chore I had been putting off for months, take a walk, sit down at the local cemetery, and be able to catch up with my regular evening routine around the same time as usual, where normally I would've spent those 3 hours watching videos.
experienced the same thing with youtube and i thought about doing something different than just wait for new algorithms to appear, i wonder how well it turned out for you in terms of productivity
I fear any possibility of going to prison and be trapped in a small cramped space full of people I do not trust. However, I deeply think of those who are in prisons... Out of respect for their reality. I sometimes deliberately drop everything I do and just enjoy my own company doing nothing other than thinking or reading. This practice has helped me appreciate the smallest things we have a privilege of enjoying as well as allowing my mind and body to really slow down and step back more often than not. It has also made me look up to the skies more often. I have always been content with my life but with this... I also learned to further appreciate TIME
Jesus is lord I urge EVERYONE reading this message to read the bible
I have never seen such an incredible video in my entire life.and pure Indian😂
I'm gonna be honest !! An year ago before INFINITY WAR was released, in my summer vacations, I was succumbed to total boredom for a day and *seriously the whole story of INFINITY WAR was there in my mind with different characters !! That's the power of boredom. I have felt that !!*
Wow
Something similar for me, I played video games for a whole month every day for hours until the evening during my summer break. Before school, I had a moment of boredom when I realized I could have used some of that time wasted on instant gratification, learning new things.
@@erf2324 True man!!
Thanks bro, lately ive been procrastinating and forgetting my goal for this year. I'll start by stop using my phone and focus on doing what is in front on me right now.
As a person who thinks about becoming a writer in a near future, this video probably changed my life.
Thank you.
Wish you all the best on your journey!
@@M1ndful-Main Thank you. I wish the best for you too.🤝
i was not bored until i see your video.
It was my pleasure to listen to you too sir, thank you ❤
Not lonely but alone remember this line guys.
Boredom may occasionally lead to greatness. but more likely will lead to just being.
I get what you are saying. Of course, you don't want to be bored most of your life, but you want the felling of boredom to sometimes be a part of it.
Truth@@M1ndful-Main
But what Im really thinking is just being i'snt so bad, boredom isn't bad and greatness is overrated.
That's why after pandemic many people become more clear about their main aim.
It's true that in today's world, we often find ourselves filling every idle moment with distractions. The examples of great thinkers like Newton, Watt, and Jobs are compelling reminders that embracing moments of boredom can lead to remarkable insights and innovations.
I appreciate the message here, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection and mindful solitude. It's a timely reminder that the pursuit of constant stimulation can sometimes hinder our creativity and self-discovery. So, let's all take a moment to appreciate the value of occasional boredom and use it as a stepping stone!
Thanks for this eye opener. I started to experience more boredom for the last month, and it has improved my productivity and towered my mind to new heights.
God created us different, some of us are smart, some of us are not, but the key is to be satisfied with what God has given you
If god is so omni-benevolent, and omnipotent, then why wont he make all of us initially equal? And it is through hardships and suffering that we develop both body and mind? How do you wish to reconcile about the disabled people?
My greatest ideas was conceived when I was bored and alone...
how do u know,ur ideas was great?
That's when our mind works best.
Great and helpful video. 👏👏
Amazing video. Keep up the good work.
Appreciate it! Have a great day!
Im watching your videos to expand my wellbeing, keep up the good content please. Need more of this on my homepage
00:02 Boredom is actually one of the best things that can happen to you
00:59 Escaping boredom impacts focus and creativity.
01:56 Boredom leads to analyzing self and sparking creativity.
02:58 Boredom led Newton to discover universal gravitation
03:57 Boredom and questioning can lead to greatness
04:56 Boredom sparks creativity and revolutionary ideas.
05:58 Boredom can lead to great ideas
07:01 Embrace boredom to find true self
Boredom is actually one of the best things that can happen to you
- Many individuals' lives have been changed by boredom
- Constantly trying to escape boredom can create an inability to be alone with one's own thoughts
Escaping boredom impacts focus and creativity.
- Constantly numbing yourself with dopamine-inducing activities makes everything else seem boring and meaningless.
- Spending time alone and bored with your thoughts makes other tasks easier to execute.
Boredom leads to analyzing self and sparking creativity.
- Boredom leads to understanding oneself and fosters creativity.
- Boredom has led some of the greatest people in history to revolutionary ideas and changing the world.
Boredom led Newton to discover universal gravitation
- Newton's boredom under an apple tree led to his curiosity about the force causing the apple to fall.
- This curiosity eventually led to the development of his theory of universal gravitation and mathematical formulas describing the force.
Boredom and questioning can lead to greatness
- Newton's discovery of gravity revolutionized physics and other scientific fields
- Being bored and questioning things can lead to great discoveries
Boredom sparks creativity and revolutionary ideas.
- Newton and James Watt found inspiration when bored and distracted.
- Watt's steam engine invention revolutionized steam power usage.
Boredom can lead to great ideas
- Steve Jobs came up with the idea for the iPod during a period of boredom
- Great philosophers believed that boredom can inspire us to explore new ideas and possibilities
Embrace boredom to find true self
- Learn to love being alone and enjoy your own existence
- Use boredom to practice mindfulness and confront limitations for new possibilities
These AI generated comments suck
@@rainc5850 stupid how can this be ai
@@rainc5850why so?
You are really bored man
@@lelouchvibrittania1170 thx
*Me watching this in bathroom*
This dude: "some people can't even go the bathroom without their phone"
Me:💀
I already realised this but good to hear it confirmed.
This video help to relise so many things❤
Totally the best video I got recommended this week, maybe even in a month, please continue my man X)
Really appreciate it! Working on making the new videos even much better. Hope you have a wonderful day!
Boredom in the pandemic made me want to learn the piano and I discovered a hidden talent there.
I may not be the future mozart, but I can already play some chopin etudes, which is no small feat
Great video. I see a lot of inspiration from Academy Of Ideas and that's cool. We need more channels putting out content like this. Keep on posting, you'll surely changing someone's life !
Really appreciate it! Working on improving and posting even much better content.
Im a teenager with no car or money to go to cool places, my family is also broke so we dont get to go out very often, cant find job, no girlfriend, my friends live very far apart, I got burnt out of tiktok a long time ago so I don’t use it, I get bored of videogames very fast (over 255 steam games, naa shit 💀) and I dont know any shows or movies to watch because Ive watched pretty much everything in my boredom. I spend a lot of time just sitting in bed, maybe if I feel motivated I’ll work on my music, maybe do chores in the house or endlessly walk through where I live just bored and contemplating how fun life could be. But now I’m overthinking about things I never worried about or thought about too much before, it’s become a huge problem. I used to be able to go to sleep perfectly when I had things to do through the day, but now I struggle to sleep thinking too deeply into things like death, the past, the future, existence, etc. I hate it and miss when my mind was not worried about things like this, and now I do not know or have a way to go back. Boredom has sparked great ideas for some people, in my case, it just makes me cry. It’s now the point where I rather be at school than at home, every weekend feels like hell and even worse during long breaks (which sucks cuz Im a senior so school is ending soon) Because at school I talk to people, I mess around, Im learnings things, I laugh. But at home I don’t, and the overthinking caused by boredom has done nothing but ruin my mental state. Im hoping for one day to have as many things to distract me from my inner thoughts as possible, because what I thought could help me has only been making my life hell for the last year or so. Maybe boredom can work for some, sure, but it has done nothing but cause sleep deprivation, nightmares and depression for me.
An observation of my own habits relating to boredom, I’ve noticed when I was younger and I was bored of video games or whatever I was doing I’d simply stop and kind of just be bored until I decided to do something else. Now, I force myself to do things that I do normally enjoy doing, but feel no desire to do. Part of me feels that time is running out so I’d rather fill that time with something than nothing even though I recognize that it’s actually detrimental to my state of mind
What an enrichment! Very thought-provoking!
After watching this I realized I was most in touch with myself when I was at school staring at the wall.
I thought anything was possible, no limiting beliefs, came up with the most spontaneous creative s-hi-t ever.
Now my brains rotten… at 26. Never give up, let’s do this brothers
Let's do this!💪
this was good
This is a great format you made!
Mindful never disappoints. Very underrated channel 👌🏻😊
This makes sense, at night i get super active and motivated to do stuff, and thats cause i shut down my pc and is heading to bed. But i cant just turn on a vacuum cleaner at night. So i say "i know i wont do it tommorow, but i have to hope i will pull myself together to do it"
From my age 15-18 I was always bored 😑 now I’m 21 I don’t feel I have time to be being bored 😅
Because you're boring
deep
It is amazing that these same stories happened with the person who most changed the course of history, In Islam, the Prophet Muhammad used to sit every night in a cave near his city (Mecca) and do nothing but contemplate the sky and the stars, and from here was the starting point for establishing the greatest empire in history.
I understand boredom, but at the same time you literally have one life. You’re already great. Just to be alive and to experience is greatness so do whatever you want and have as much fun as you want. If you don’t want to be bored don’t be. Your time is now.
Is thinking and developing your self not living in the moment, I'd argue mindless happiness like social media or vices isn't living in the moment and you can say happy moments like skydiving or new experiences is living in the moment but you can't do that all the time like thinking and the aftermath of being bored.
@@iamagoodman I definitely see where you’re coming from because I very much love self improvement and development of mind, body, soul, but at the end of the day after sitting in isolation and boredom for a while really doesn’t do anything for you other than maybe get you to the same place Solomon got to which is the ultimate ending realization for a human that “nothing matters.” So at this point you just have to put down the book and do whatever it is you want that makes you healthy and happy.
when i quit drugs i was 3month bored barely used phone only for audiobooks . i did alot of thinking and selftalk and kept wondering how long i feel this bored . now life's better and have no time to be bored feels like have too little time to do all things i want to do
Even with nothing to do I come up with games and stuff in my head . To not be bored . Huge imagination. So I don’t think we’re “supposed” to be bored.
The main point is to not be scared to be in situations that seem boring. They may be the most important, the time when your mind can wonder all over the place like you have described for yourself.
I have online studying and spend my time in my room 90% of the time. At first i struggled then after a couple of month i found a job and started learning german and repeating my studying again and again