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A Little Boredom is Good for You

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Robin Strong Elton

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The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom.
Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.

-Saul Steinberg

The ongoing caption for this photo is “Tell my kids to go out and play and what do they do? Build a snow couch and watch snow TV.”

Know why? They said they were bored. So I kicked ’em out the door.
They resisted. There’s nothing to do, they said.
I believe a little boredom is good for you. Makes you think. Makes you band together to pull a good one on Mommy. Makes for good photo ops.
Have a lovely weekend… hope it’s boring enough for you to come up with something good.

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4 responses to “A Little Boredom is Good for You”

  1. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    I love this! Did they tell you they were building the sofa/tv or did they sruprise you? And I totally agree…a little boredom is so important for all of us, actually.

    ;)Genevieve

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  2. Robin Avatar
    Robin

    Actually, a bunch of us did this back during the Blizzard of 1996, and it's become an urban legend of sorts in our house. So it was a grand joke on Mom on many levels (Dad helped).

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  3. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    I haven't been bored in ages! There's always soooo much to do when I'm bored. Things to read/watch/knit/create. Maybe I need to institute some boredom in my life…

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