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...但前總統唐納川普...

Stop.

停。

Breathe.

呼吸。

Just think.

思考。

Recently, I've come to an interesting realization that I wanted to share with you, and that's that boredom can actually be a good thing.

最近，我有一個有趣的認知，我想與大家分享，那就是無聊其實是件好事。

Let me explain what I mean.

讓我解釋一下我的意思。

The last few months have been a bit testing for me, and the amount of boredom I experienced was a huge factor in that.

過去的幾個月對我來說是一個考驗，而我所經歷的無聊是其中的重要因素。

I was working on things and getting things done, but even still, I found myself with way too much free time, and as a result, I would get extremely bored, which oftentimes led to a state of depression.

我一直在工作，也一直在完成一些事情，但即便如此，我還是發現自己有太多的空閒時間，所以，我會感到非常無聊，這常常導致我陷入憂鬱狀態。

I'd stare at my wall for hours just thinking, I should be doing something, I should be working, I should be moving forward.

我盯著牆壁好幾個小時想著我應該做點什麼，我應該工作，我應該向前邁進。

And it was this terrible feeling I can only describe as worthlessness, as I couldn't bring myself to just relax and just be bored.

這種可怕的感覺我只能用「毫無價值」來形容，因為我無法讓自己放鬆和無聊。

Boredom was honestly my worst enemy.

老實說，無聊是我最大的敵人。

At least, that's what I thought.

至少我是這麼想的。

Boredom is a catalyst for creativity.

無聊是創造力的催化劑。

Ideas are born when you're alone with your thoughts.

當你獨自思考時，創意就會誕生。

It's okay to take some time to be bored and think.

花點時間無聊地思考一下也沒關係。

As a kid, I was very much into Legos.

小時候，我非常喜歡樂高積木。

I loved building my ideas to life, and you can imagine, as a kid, I was also bored all the time, as I'm sure most of us were.

我喜歡把我的想法變為現實，你可以想象，我小時候也一直很無聊，我相信我們大多數人都是這樣。

In this state of boredom, I'd think of some cool new thing I could build.

在這種百無聊賴的狀態下，我就會想出一些很酷的新東西來。

I'd jump up, grab the Lego box, and start building.

我會跳起來，拿起樂高盒子，開始搭建。

And I'll be honest, I think this is where my creativity stemmed from.

老實說，我認為這就是我的創意源泉。

As a creative person, being able to use boredom as a tool is probably one of the most advantageous things you could do, especially in this day and age.

作為一個有創造力的人，能夠利用無聊作為一種工具可能是你能做的最有利的事情之一，尤其是在當今時代。

It forces your mind to wander to places it hasn't before.

它迫使你的思緒漫遊到以前不曾去過的地方。

It makes you think, "What's something new I could do or make?"

它讓你思考「我還能做什麼新東西？」

Boredom is like the tilled soil you need to grow wheat.

無聊就像種植小麥所需的土壤。

Without tilled soil, it's going to be almost impossible to grow good wheat, and in correlation, without boredom, it's going to be almost impossible to come up with any original creative ideas.

沒有翻耕過的土壤，幾乎不可能長出好麥子，與此相應，沒有無聊的生活，幾乎不可能想出任何新穎的創意。

Stop running away from your thoughts.

不要再逃避你的想法。

These days, everything is literally designed to keep you busy.

如今，一切設計都是為了讓你忙碌。

Social media, in particular, is something that is always there for you to pick up the moment you have nothing to do.

尤其是社交媒體，它總是在你無事可做的時候出現。

Everyone is constantly distracted by something.

每個人都在為某些事情分心。

But have you ever actually wondered, what would happen if I just did the opposite?

但你有沒有想過，如果我反其道而行之，會發生什麼呢？

What would happen if I just didn't pick up my phone?

如果我不接電話會怎麼樣？

Think about it.

想想看。

If you keep distracting yourself with, like, TikTok or Reels or whatever, you're never allowing yourself to be bored.

如果你一直用 TikTok 或 Reels 或其他東西來分散注意力，你就永遠不會感到無聊。

So you're never allowing yourself to take time to think and come up with a creative thought or a creative idea.

所以，你永遠不會讓自己花時間去思考，想出一個有創意的想法或創意點子。

Thankfully, there is a simple solution to this, and it's probably not exactly what you're thinking.

值得慶幸的是，有一個簡單的解決方案，而且可能和你想的不太一樣。

Something I started doing this year is limiting my time on social media.

我今年開始做的一件事就是限制我在社交媒體上的時間。

Not cutting it off completely, but what I did is I put a 15-minute timer on TikTok and Instagram for each day.

我並沒有完全斷網，但我在 TikTok 和 Instagram 上設置了每天 15 分鐘的計時器。

This allows me to post, check in on comments, watch the 500 Reels my friends keep sending me.

這樣我就可以發文，查看留言，觀看朋友們不斷發給我的 500 個 Reels 影片。

But that's it.

但僅此而已。

It makes sure that I don't find myself doomscrolling all the time.

它能確保我不會發現自己一直在末日刷新。

And trust me, I know that this part can be pretty hard.

相信我，我知道這部分可能很難。

Even two months into it, I sometimes find myself grabbing my phone almost instinctively the second I have nothing to do.

甚至在兩個月後，我有時會發現自己幾乎是本能地一沒事就拿起手機。

It's really important to try to fight that habit and just let yourself think.

與這種習慣作鬥爭，讓自己去思考，這一點非常重要。

And distracting yourself isn't necessarily a bad thing.

分散注意力並不一定是壞事。

It's more about how you're distracting yourself.

更重要的是你如何分散自己的注意力。

If you feel miserable when you're bored, then get working on something instead of grabbing your phone.

如果你在無聊時感到痛苦，那就去做一些事情，而不是拿起手機。

Boredom can also be a motivator to get things done that you may not want to do because it's better than being bored.

無聊也可以成為一種動力，讓你去做一些你可能不想做的事情，因為這比無聊要好。

This is another really good way to use boredom to your advantage because it ultimately ends up inclining you to be productive.

這是另一種利用無聊的好方法，因為它最終會讓你變得更有成效。

That being said, I do still urge you to take some time each day to just sit there and think.

儘管如此，我還是建議大家每天花一些時間坐在那裡思考。

Your thoughts can be scary.

你的想法可能很可怕。

I think the reason everyone is so obsessed with distractions nowadays is because they're afraid to be alone with their thoughts.

我認為，如今每個人之所以如此痴迷於分散注意力，是因為他們害怕獨自思考。

It can be uncomfortable to just sit there and think.

只是坐在那裡思考就會讓人感到不舒服。

Trust me when I say I know this feeling, but there's good news.

相信我，我知道這種感覺，但有個好消息。

I'm not going to lie, not only has being bored helped me creatively, but it's also helped me with figuring some stuff out about myself also.

不瞞你說，無聊不僅在創作上幫助了我，還讓我對自己有了一些認識。

With all this time to think, I've been able to take a look at myself and seriously figure some stuff out.

有了這些思考的時間，我得以審視自己，認真地想清楚一些事情。

And I feel like some people are afraid to do that because they're afraid of what they might find.

我覺得有些人不敢這麼做，因為他們害怕會發現什麼。

Now, this might be a topic for another video, but keep that in mind.

現在，這可能是另一個影片的主題，但請記住這一點。

Being bored can be a good space for you to get to know yourself a little better.

無聊可以讓你更好地瞭解自己。

Now, obviously I'm not saying be bored all the time.

現在，我顯然不是說要一直這麼無聊下去。

Obviously get done what you need to get done.

顯然，你需要做的事情就一定能完成。

But if you never give yourself time to just think, you'll never allow yourself to be creative.

但是，如果你從不給自己思考的時間，你就永遠無法讓自己發揮創造力。

Maybe I'm just a little naive, and this isn't a groundbreaking realization for some people, but regardless, it made a difference in my mindset, and maybe it'll help you too.

也許我只是有點天真，對某些人來說這並不是什麼突破性的認識，但無論如何，它讓我的心態發生了變化，也許它也會對你有所幫助。

Are you bored right now?

你現在無聊嗎？

Are you going to be bored after you finish this video?

看完這部影片後，你會覺得無聊嗎？

Good.

很好。

Embrace it.

擁抱它。

Who knows, maybe you'll spark an idea that changes your life.

誰知道呢，也許你會激發出一個改變你生活的想法。

[Thank you for watching.]

[感謝你的收看。]