The Gift of Boredom

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For those of us not in immediate danger, the Coronavirus epidemic has given us a consolation gift. The gift of boredom.

Were it not for the weeks of self-confinement in February 2020, I would not have sat down in front of the piano for the first time in a year. We would not have had daily home-cooked meals. We would not have reorganised our closet and donated boxes of valuable items to our neighbours. And of course I wouldn’t have written this post.

This experience has taught me to accept more boredom into my life, and to allow more time for boredom in my working day. Because for me, boredom breeds creativity; creativity breeds contentment; and contentment breeds productivity.

[Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ('Pathétique'), 2nd movement: Adagio Cantabile.]

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