Update post "be-more-productive-by-being-bored"

content/posts/be-more-productive-by-being-bored/index.md

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
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 title: Be More Productive by Being Bored
-date: 2024-01-02
-author: "ahmza"
+featureimage: feature.webp
+featureimagecaption: Overstimulated brain
+date: 2024-01-02T00:00:00
+lastmod: 2024-11-16T22:58:00
+author: ahmza
 draft: false
-weight:
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-tags: ["prodcutivity", "lifestyle", "minimalism"]
-description: "In the modern age we are overwhelmed with stimuli. Learn to cut out the noise."
+tags:
+  - prodcutivity
+  - lifestyle
+  - minimalism
+description: In the modern age we are overwhelmed with stimuli. Learn to cut out the noise.
+weight: null
 ---
-
 ## **Introduction**
 
 In the modern age we can get overwhelmed with so much information. In this post
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ I think the reason this is more relevant in our lifetime compared to past
 generations is the availability of stimuli. If you want to spend hours scrolling
 through social media, all you have to do is pick up your phone.
 
-**_The availability of tasks we can use to procrastinate keeps increasing._**
+_**The availability of tasks we can use to procrastinate keeps increasing.**_
 
 ## **Is this important ?**
 
@@ -28,13 +32,13 @@ Our lives are full of stimulation and we try to race to the next "fun" thing.
 Count the times you have sat doing nothing, and without thinking pick up
 your phone.
 
-**_By having so much stimuli we neglect boring but important tasks_**
+_**By having so much stimuli we neglect boring but important tasks**_
 
-**_Example 1:_** I find playing games more stimulating compared to cleaning and
+_**Example 1:**_ I find playing games more stimulating compared to cleaning and
 organising my space. If I removed games from my life then cleaning would become
 fun. My brain would find it more interesting than doing nothing.
 
-**_Example 2:_** Walking into a room with a book and a phone, almost
+_**Example 2:**_ Walking into a room with a book and a phone, almost
 instinctively we will go for the phone. Walk into a room with only books this
 changes. Maybe not straight away but you will pick up a book and start reading.
 
@@ -47,11 +51,11 @@ mundane.
 **_By forcing ourselves into boredom, our brain finds tasks to keep itself
 busy._**
 
-**_Anything can be fun when you have nothing else to do_**
+_**Anything can be fun when you have nothing else to do**_
 
 ## **HOW ?**
 
-**_This will require discipline_**
+_**This will require discipline**_
 
 **Structure your life.**