I’m Bored!!

Phil McKinney
4 min readDec 6, 2021

Why are we so afraid of being bored — to have that time of stillness? We feel compelled to fill that silence with something. We fill it with screen time or with emails or with phone calls or cat videos.

Those moments of silence can be unnerving, but our brains need that solitude for the subconscious to unleash the creative muse. Our creativity depends on it.

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Phil McKinney

Excited about innovation and creativity? Welcome! 🥳 // CTO of HP (Ret) // CEO @ CableLabs // Innovation Mentor and Coach // Author // Podcast Host //