By Lori Lowe
Happy Life: Happy Marriage Series
Researchers have found a surprising path to boosting creativity: Allow yourself to be bored. Think about it. When you finally allow yourself quiet time to shower, take a walk or a drive, garden or just sit in thought, creativity tends to strike in the form of a new idea or a solution to a nagging problem. (And by nagging problem, I don’t mean your wife.)
“Boredom is linked to creativity,” said Genevieve Bell, PhD, an anthropologist and director of interaction and experience research at Intel. She adds that when we are constantly consuming media with all of our mobile devices—iPads, Kindles, smart phones, etc.—we don’t allow our brains enough time to develop new ideas. Even standing in line, we’re making calls or playing Angry Birds. It’s... More...
