For eons, I treated boredom as something very terrible. Something that should never be associated with me.

Whenever it crept in, I scrambled to silence it with something: scrolling, chatting, eating, watching videos, tons of it. Anything but sitting with myself.

I kept telling myself, boredom was a waste of time. But in truth, it was me running from myself. Running away from my truth or the lack of it.

Here is how I found out about boredom the hard way.

My then boss, Lucy, was tired of my excuses regarding work. And then she said to me: “Sometimes, you should sit and listen to the things you tell yourself or even do, maybe you will do things better.”

I was very angry.  For the first time in a long time, I just sat at home, Minutes became hours. My mind wrestled. I felt the itch to “do something.” But instead of escaping, I leaned into the restlessness.

And then it happened. I listened to my inner self. I became less defensive; I put myself in Boss’s shoes and I began to see the bigger picture. And beyond that, a strange calmness arrived like my brain was telling me, “Finally, you’re listening.”

At that moment I realized, we may know the solution to our problems, but because we don’t have the time to listen to ourselves, that solution is never manifesting.

Here’s what boredom does when you let it breathe:

• It clears mental clutter. By stripping away the constant noise, boredom creates space for clarity to rise.

• It fuels creativity. Some of my best writing ideas have come in those “boring” moments when I stopped forcing inspiration.

• It reconnects you with yourself. In boredom, you hear your own thoughts again. Unfiltered, unpolished, but deeply honest.

Think about it: when was the last time you were bored and just allowed it? No phone, no playlist, no distractions. Just you and the silence. It is friggin uncomfortable, yes but it’s also fertile ground for your inner clarity.

We live in a culture that hates boredom. We call it “wasted time.” But what if boredom is not a gap in our lives, but a gift?

What if it’s life’s way of inviting us to slow down and meet the parts of ourselves we’ve been too busy to notice?

The golden secret about boredom is that it doesn’t come to punish us. It comes to point us inward.

So now, when boredom shows up, I no longer fight it. I welcome it. I treat it as a signal: it’s time to stop reaching outward and start looking inward.

And every time I do that, I walk away with something precious. It can be an idea, a moment of clarity, or just a deeper sense of being at peace with myself.

Maybe that’s the real gift boredom gives us: not entertainment, not distraction, but the space to finally meet ourselves.

Did you miss our last Newsletter? See it Here.

See you soon, Stay bullish,
Harrison of Blockfuse Labs.

For eons, I treated boredom as something very terrible. Something that should never be associated with me.

Whenever it crept in, I scrambled to silence it with something: scrolling, chatting, eating, watching videos, tons of it. Anything but sitting with myself.

I kept telling myself, boredom was a waste of time. But in truth, it was me running from myself. Running away from my truth or the lack of it.

Here is how I found out about boredom the hard way.

My then boss, Lucy, was tired of my excuses regarding work. And then she said to me: “Sometimes, you should sit and listen to the things you tell yourself or even do, maybe you will do things better.”

I was very angry.  For the first time in a long time, I just sat at home, Minutes became hours. My mind wrestled. I felt the itch to “do something.” But instead of escaping, I leaned into the restlessness.

And then it happened. I listened to my inner self. I became less defensive; I put myself in Boss’s shoes and I began to see the bigger picture. And beyond that, a strange calmness arrived like my brain was telling me, “Finally, you’re listening.”

At that moment I realized, we may know the solution to our problems, but because we don’t have the time to listen to ourselves, that solution is never manifesting.

Here’s what boredom does when you let it breathe:

• It clears mental clutter. By stripping away the constant noise, boredom creates space for clarity to rise.

• It fuels creativity. Some of my best writing ideas have come in those “boring” moments when I stopped forcing inspiration.

• It reconnects you with yourself. In boredom, you hear your own thoughts again. Unfiltered, unpolished, but deeply honest.

Think about it: when was the last time you were bored and just allowed it? No phone, no playlist, no distractions. Just you and the silence. It is friggin uncomfortable, yes but it’s also fertile ground for your inner clarity.

We live in a culture that hates boredom. We call it “wasted time.” But what if boredom is not a gap in our lives, but a gift?

What if it’s life’s way of inviting us to slow down and meet the parts of ourselves we’ve been too busy to notice?

The golden secret about boredom is that it doesn’t come to punish us. It comes to point us inward.

So now, when boredom shows up, I no longer fight it. I welcome it. I treat it as a signal: it’s time to stop reaching outward and start looking inward.

And every time I do that, I walk away with something precious. It can be an idea, a moment of clarity, or just a deeper sense of being at peace with myself.

Maybe that’s the real gift boredom gives us: not entertainment, not distraction, but the space to finally meet ourselves.

Did you miss our last Newsletter? See it Here.

See you soon, Stay bullish,
Harrison of Blockfuse Labs.