Welcome back to Train of Thought, your weekday invitation to step off the mental treadmill and ask a quieter kind of question. Today’s is a big one, though it might seem small at first: Are we still capable of boredom?
Once upon a time, boredom was a rite of passage. Rainy Sundays, long car rides, endless stretches of unstructured time — these were the spaces where imagination bloomed and strange thoughts wandered in. Boredom wasn’t just tolerated — it was formative. It stretched your brain, made you curious, gave birth to weird games and weirder ideas.
But in today’s world? Boredom has become taboo. We've created an ecosystem designed to prevent it. With screens in our pockets, podcasts in our ears, and algorithms that predict our restlessness before we even feel it, boredom is on the endangered emotions list.
In this episode, our host reflects on what we’ve lost by banishing boredom — and what we might regain by letting it back in. Could boredom actually be helpful? Even... sacred?
More than just a break from stimulation, absolute boredom might be the gateway to something more profound: creativity, self-awareness, and the kind of insights that don’t arrive on a notification schedule. Maybe it’s in those blank moments that the fundamental questions show up — the ones we’re usually too busy to hear.
Listen now for a whimsical yet grounded meditation on stillness, distraction, and what happens when you let your mind wander without a destination.
Until tomorrow, stay curious — and if you catch yourself getting bored today… Don’t panic. That’s where the interesting stuff starts.
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