In one of my conversations with boredom expert Sandi Mann, she told me about some intriguing self-experimentation she did during her morning commute. She drives about an hour each way to work, and although she isn’t checking her phone, Mann usually does have the radio on the entire time. One day, though, she decided to “switch it off and just let [her] mind wander.” She continued to ride without any kind of media distraction. “By the end of my journey, I’ve usually come up with an idea for a study or for a book or how to redecorate my house or anything,” she reports. It was classic
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