Comments on: The Creative Benefits of Being BORED

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 21:50:35 +0000

I missed the sex scenes class – BUMMER. However, I have been succeeding in unplugging my kid in a massive way. Camping, building cool stuff our of cardboard boxes, going to the park…that’s how we have rolled this summer and she’s loving it. 🙂

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:20:37 +0000

In reply to Charlotte Firbank-King. Bored probably not the best word. Just let it wander off the leash ;) .

By: terry gene

terry gene — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:38:40 +0000

I ‘cut the cord.’ not to the internet, but to all my major distractions.
The groups cut include:
1. all social media sites. These include from Yahoo-groups all the way to LinkedIn (the Adult Facebook), in addition to the usual suspects. I read widely, instead of doing what I should be doing, writing, or mowing the overgrown 50 acres.
2. all ‘artist’ sites. All types. I love to view the latest in innovations and love more to snort tea through my nostrils over the silly.
3. all Mail and RSS.

All of these are via ‘Cold Turkey.’ This is brutal program, requiring my best hacking to break in and look at the forbidden. Here is how I prioritize.
Category 1. Blocked from 0600 to 1200, my most productive time
Category 2. Blocked full time, all week. Until I get my rewrites done. It’s been three weeks, sigh.
Category 3. Currently unblocked, but I’m toying with blocking 0600 to 1200.

I’ll be putting up details on my blog, Matryoschka.com

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By: Charlotte Firbank-King

Charlotte Firbank-King — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 05:34:19 +0000

I enjoyed your blog on boredom and you always make me giggle, Kristen. I also don’t know when to stop and my brain drives me crazy, even when I’m supposed to be sleeping.
My way to defrag is to sit in a car, mostly because no one will try and talk to me there, and watch people on a crowded street. But I’m not sure it is defragging because I’m not bored. Sigh. New stories sprout in my head like weeds as little cameos play out in real life. In reality, I’m just doing character research–so who am I kidding? Guess I’m stuck with my overactive creative brain, not to mention the occasional prick in my side as shingles threaten to return.

By: Fiona Chapman

Fiona Chapman — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:13:08 +0000

This is so true! I remember feeling like this a few years back, when I was writing, and reading, and writing, and reading, and writing, and reading… you get the picture. Then, even while watching telly, I was deconstructing plot lines and analysing the writing behind the story. I needed a break, there were stories and plots and theories behind EVERYTHING; it was overload.
Four years down the line, and we’re all glued to our smartphones. I’m a digital marketer and a social media addict, as well as a writer. I have too many balls in the air. I’m hooked on that little notification flag and the twitter banter and the Instagram love and the Facebook conversations. And the only way I can think to save myself from this craziness is to set myself a schedule for connecting with people at certain times, not ALL the time. And we definitely need time to just stop. And stare. At nature; at nothing. At watching paint dry. Thank you for this post, I enjoyed reading it.

By: Natalie K.

Natalie K. — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:03:30 +0000

Kristen, this is definitely one of my favorite posts you’ve written. I definitely think there are benefits to being bored, at least every once in a while. 😉 And I can totally relate to working ALL THE TIME and not resting enough… I certainly have a tendency to do that. I have a day job and I also have my writing, which is basically like a second (and so far unpaid!) job. So yes, reminding oneself to rest is definitely important.

By: Cherie O'Boyle

Cherie O'Boyle — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:01:43 +0000

Welcome back! I missed you, and had faith you would return when ready.

By: Ernesto San Giacomo

Ernesto San Giacomo — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:37:43 +0000

With a 4 month old son, I schedule quiet time into my day. Meditative prayer works best for me.
Don’t get me started on those peeps with their eyes locked onto their screens. Self-absorbed while in a crowded room.
Call me a glutton, but I started a new Sci-Fi series for Camp NaNo:-)Squeezing it in with the editing as best as I can. Guess I enjoy the process all too much.

By: Terri Benson

Terri Benson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:40:01 +0000

Welcome back. Hope you got enough R&R, but if not, we’ll let you do it again as needed. Shingles are Mother Nature’s way of saying “get over yourself and rest,” believe me, I know. You might have been just a tad of a slow learner with that one, from the sounds of it. Your guest blogger was great, but I missed your wonderfully snarky blogs.