Boredom as an Entrance

Fertile Stillness

We have become a society that is afraid of being bored. The moment there is a gap in the day—standing in line, waiting for a kettle to boil—we reach for a screen to fill the silence. But in doing so, we are closing the very door through which our most original ideas enter.

Today, I sat for ten minutes with no input. No book, no music, no phone. At first, it was uncomfortable. My mind raced, searching for something to “do.” But after a few minutes, the noise began to settle. In the stillness, a memory surfaced that I hadn’t thought of in years—a specific detail about a house I lived in as a child.

Boredom is the “clearing” that allows the subconscious to speak. When we are constantly consuming other people’s thoughts, we have no room for our own. Stillness is not an empty space; it is a fertile one. Sit for ten minutes today with no input. Don’t try to think. Just listen to what happens in the silence.

The Monroe Minute Sit for ten minutes with no input. Just listen to your internal world.

Until the next page,
Sloane S. Monroe

Sloane Shay Monroe

I don’t write to idealize love, but to explore it honestly, with emotional precision and depth.