Ever notice that the second you get a free moment, you reach for your phone?
Like clockwork.
A few seconds of waiting? Scroll..
A little bit of resistance? New tab..
A little boredom? Consume..
I'm just as guilt of this as anyone.
So many spare moments... filled with noise.
Lost in endless Reels loops..
Compounding context switches that kill productivity.
But now, in the middle of this Facebook detox, I’m seeing what I was missing.
Because here’s what happens when you don’t fill the gaps with endless input:
You get to create!
Boredom isn’t bad—it’s where creativity starts.
The mind needs space to process, to think, to imagine. Constant consumption kills that.
When you stop consuming, you start expressing.
You pick up projects. You move things forward. You grab a guitar, a notebook, a new idea.
Those tiny moments of creation add up.
They compound into real progress. Finished work. Ideas brought to life.
All from resisting the impulse to fill the space.
So try it.
The next time you reach for a distraction, stop.
See what happens when you create instead.
🚀
• James
P.S. I’d love to hear from you—what’s something creative you could work on if you weren’t filling the gaps with scrolling? Drop a comment and let me know.
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