A review by alittleoverdue
Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi

4.0

Manoush is a well-known podcast host and radio professional, so the book is definitely enhanced by her narration in the audio format. I wanted to not like this book based on the title, but it was highly engaging and frankly, a little uncomfortable-making. It's hard to look at your own phone use and notice the almost reflexive habits that get developed with smartphones. I feel like finding balance with conscious, mindful technology use is one of the common modern challenges we struggle with as this technology has taken hold. This book will give you some simple (but not easy!) ways to take a brief technology break, or at least make you more aware of what you're doing when you instinctively reach for the phone. I am (trying) to reconsider my relationship with boredom, especially given the compelling science that points to the brilliance it can spark.