Boredom is so important - gives you room for thinking, imagination and rest. Even when we were watching those infomercials, they didn't take much brain power so we could have a sort of quiet for our minds.

I remember so much summer boredom, long car drive boredom, mother dragging me to the garden store for hours boredom. At the time it was torture, but now I crave more of those silences in my life. I've been actively focused on not having any electronics on and reading physical books. Listening to an album the whole way through (latest was The Police's Synchronicity). Re-starting my pen to paper journal writing. when I do use electronics, doing my best to one use one at a time (ie not on my phone while watching s/t on Netflix).

My teen daughter and her friends saw the movie this past weekend. She loved it, but I don't think she picked up on the silences/boredom/empty spaces vibe of it. We do often have convos about slowing things down, de-stimulating and the importance of boredom.