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 title: Be More Productive by Being Bored
 date: 2024-01-02T23:48:23Z
 author: "ahmza"
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 tags: ["Prodcutivity", "Lifestyle", "Minimalism"]
-description: "In the modern age we are overwhelmed with stimuli. Learning to cut out the noise is the answer"
+description: "In the modern age we are overwhelmed with stimuli. Learn to cut out the noise."
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 ## **Introduction**
 
+In the modern age we can get overwhelmed with so much information. In this post
+I try to explain the concept of increasing productivity through "boredom".
+
+## **The problem ?**
+
+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._**
+
+## **Is this important ?**
+
+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_**
+
+**_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
+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.
+
+## **What can we do ?**
+
+Remove over stimulating activities or "fun" activities to free up brain space
+and force yourself to find enjoyment in completing tasks you would consider
+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_**
+
+## **HOW ?**
+
+**_This will require discipline_**
+
+**Structure your life.**
+
+- Write down all the tasks in your day (Including the fun ones)
+- Rank each task by how stimulating it is ("fun")
+- Also write down how important each task is
+
+Look at the tasks that sit at the top of the list, these should be the tasks you
+consider to be the most fun. Look at how important it is and consider getting
+rid of it.
+
+Another way you could do this if you are struggling is order the list by how
+important the task is. Then look at the tasks at the bottom of the list and see
+what you can remove.
 
 ## **Conclusion**
+
+Restructuring your life like this will require discipline and commitment. You need
+to know why you are doing this, set a goal and keep it in mind.
+
+Remember that time you decided to take a few days off your gym routine to do
+something else and those few days turned into weeks then months -- I do --
+And you think about the progress you could have made in all that time.