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"How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self"

Sponsors:  Jon Cunningham, Owner, Cunningham Financial GroupWebsite:  www.cunninghamfinancialgroup.com    Phone:  205-326-7364Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Fairway Independent MortgageWebsite: www.tylercainatfairway.com    Phone:  813-380-8487First things first, here is a link to Mannish Zomorodi's Ted Talk(note - at least one curse word in the presentation)Also, she wrote a book by the same title:  Bored and BrilliantWhat do you think about when you hear the word BORED? Is that a bad thing? For some of us, it feels like a distant memory, something that had to be abandoned in adulthood. Something... bad. But if I asked about BRILLIANT, I suspect you'd have a better disposition. We've been watching Harry Potter movies as a family, so we've heard this word a lot. (British folks use it to describe pretty much anything awesome). But I think most of us would like to be more brilliant, imaginative, astute and... awesome. Today we will explore the connection between the two. We will see that down time, thinking time, and especially --- non cell phone time --- is the missing ingredient for lots of folks. Something as simple as a long shower, or a short walk can do wonders. This is part of working smarter, not harder. And I hope you find benefit for your everyday life.Sponsor Disclaimer:The information in this podcast contains personal opinions and may not entirely represent those of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation NMLS#2289. Fairway does not guarantee any services, information and/or advice provided by the individuals. This is not an offer to enter into an agreement. Not all customers will qualify. Information, rates and programs are subject to change without notice. All products are subject to credit and property approval. Other restrictions and limitations may apply. Equal Housing Opportunity. LO NMLS #118156.

Saya membahas buku Bored and Brilliant karya Manoush Zomorodi. Buku ini membahas kalau bengong bisa membuat kamu jadi produktif dan kreatif. Kapan terakhir kali kamu bosan? Bukan bosan karena tidak ada film terbaru yang bisa kamu tonton dari layanan streaming, tapi diam tidak melakukan apa-apa. Riset membuktikan kalau saat ini, fokus seseorang berpindah setiap 45 detik ketika bekerja secara online karena interupsi dan pesan yang muncul terus menerus. Padahal, bosan itu punya sisi positif. Tidak percaya? Coba ingat, ketika terakhir kali kamu berargumen dengan seseorang, lalu ketika kamu sedang berada di bawah shower atau sedang berjalan, lalu tiba-tiba saja pikiranmu mengulang kembali kejadian itu dan kamu lalu menemukan argumen balasan yang kuat. Apakah hal ini sering terjadi? Jika iya, artinya pikiran kita bisa bekerja dengan maksimal ketika pikiran kita tidak sedang fokus pada hal tersebut. Dengan kata lain, ketika kita sedang bosan. Otak kita tidak berhenti berpikir saat kita bosan, momen itu justru merupakan momen kita yang paling kreatif.

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Being bored is not overrated. Manoush Zomorodi's book, "Bored and Brilliant," gives us a great look at why being bored can be a catalyst to creativity. She challenged the listeners of her podcast to 7 days of technology challenges. Maybe we should say anti-technology challenges. Really insightful challenges to help us disconnect from the tech and reconnect with being bored and brilliant. Love and Blessings, Heather Social Links @msheatherbdot @connectthedots_podcast @polkadotdesk thepolkadotdesk.com

Are you bored? Is quarantine a drag? Learn how YOUR boredom can propel you into your MOST creative self yet. I'm going to be real with you. This won't be easy, but wouldn't it be nice to look back at 2020 and realize that this was the year we changed our behaviors and finally achieved all our biggest new year resolutions? Part ONE: Actions to take, Part TWO: Benefits from doing these actions. Follow my LinkedIn Page for exclusive show notes: https://www.linkedin.com/company/learn-or-be-learned Book – Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi My Show Links: Apple Ratings & Reviews: Click Here for Apple Podcasts Show Notes, Tips & More: Click Here for Linkedin Page Contact Me or Be a Guest: Click Here for Podcast Website Share a link to my podcast: Click Here for Link to Podcast Platform Selections --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shivadhana/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shivadhana/support

Are you bored? Is quarantine a drag? Learn how YOUR boredom can propel you into your MOST creative self yet. I'm going to be real with you. This won't be easy, but wouldn't it be nice to look back at 2020 and realize that this was the year we changed our behaviors and finally achieved all our biggest new year resolutions? Part ONE: Actions to take, Part TWO: Benefits from doing these actions. Follow my LinkedIn Page for exclusive show notes: https://www.linkedin.com/company/learn-or-be-learned Book – Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi My Show Links: Apple Ratings & Reviews: Click Here for Apple Podcasts Show Notes, Tips & More: Click Here for Linkedin Page Contact Me or Be a Guest: Click Here for Podcast Website Share a link to my podcast: Click Here for Link to Podcast Platform Selections --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shivadhana/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shivadhana/support

Now's the perfect time to dive into the science (and personal development benefits) of boredom. Today's discussion is based off the book "Bored and Brilliant" by Manoush Zomorodi and is perfect for listening to while sheltering in place. Join bestselling novelist Alana Terry and personal development coach Scott Somers as we chat about the world of health, productivity, fitness, creativity, and more. The Level Up Podcast brings you weekly conversations about personal development in a funny, relaxed, and 100% unscripted environment. For a regular dose of encouragement and motivation, tune into this highly positive, fun and casual show today. Mentioned in this episode: Get one free stock when you join Robinhood through Scott's affiliate link! https://join.robinhood.com/scotts5729 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. Bored and Brilliant (2017) invites readers to embrace the unique power of a state that’s rarely viewed in a positive light: boredom. Positing that a healthy experience of boredom is vital to unlocking our creative potential, Bored and Brilliant illustrates the invaluable resources boredom can provide and encourages readers to disconnect from the busy distractions of modern life, especially email, social media, and our addiction to our smartphones. Arguing that disengaging from technology and giving our minds the freedom to be bored will help us boost our creativity, productivity, and potential for brilliant ideas, Manoush Zomorodi sets out to teach readers how to (effectively) be bored.

We have so many mechanisms in our life to keep us from boredom. We check our phones. We listen to music and watch TV. But our brain likes to be bored! It does it's best thinking that way many times. I recently heard author Manoush Zomorodi talking about this idea on the Vrain Waves podcast and had to share some of my takeaways from it!

Connect with Manoush Zomorodi Website: www.manoushz.com | Twitter: @manoushz | Book: Bored and BrilliantConnect with Vrain WavesWebsite: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalbManoush’s work (01:08)  Note to Self podcastZig Zag podcastTed Radio Hour podcastStable Genius ProductionsBored and Brilliant BookManoush’s TED TalkTechnology and our Brain, background of the book (02:07) Bored and Brilliant challenges, 2015Ways we ‘pay’ for ‘free’ appsTaking pictures and our memory (06:04)B & B Challenge 2: Photo Free DayMuseum studyPhoto-taking impairment effect  Self-regulation with technology (08:52) Stories from Bored and Brilliant challenges in the classroom (10:10) Skim reading v. long form readingMaryanne Wolf - researcher, language processing on screens vs in booksSherry Turkle's - Reclaiming ConversationBoredom in the classroom (14:15) Default ModeAutobiographical PlanningEmbracing boredom - positive constructive mind wanderingMemory for future imaginingDigital Minimalism Vrain Waves Episode with Cal NewportKnowing-Doing Gap for tech use (18:14) Cambridge-Analytica ScandalCalifornia’s new privacy law - Jan 2020The more tired you are, the more likely you are to get stuck in Facebook What Manoush is reading: Super Thinking (22:22) Gabriel WeinbergDuck-Duck-GoFarnam Street BlogWho are you online? (24:19) Manoush’s No Filter ProjectTakeaways (25:42) Bored and Brilliant challengesAdd a new behavior instead of taking away behaviorSeinfeld jokes calendarStreaks appBrainscape appBrainscape article on diffuse and focused modes of thinkingFarnam Street blog on diffuse and focused modeSubreddit: Shower Thoughts - Best of Shower Thoughts

In this episode of “Ed Influencers,” ISTE Chief Learning Officer Joseph South sits down with media entrepreneur and author Manoush Zomorodi to discuss where technology is taking us and how we can make it a positive experience. She delves into the science behind default mode, how digital habits can serve or harm students and ourselves, and how to know when tech is taking over our human capacities. Listeners will also be introduced to Zomorodi’s book Bored and Brilliant, and her podcasts “Note to Self,” “Zig Zag” and “IRL.”

This week we tackle another biopic that Netflix released and talk about Ted Bundy. We discuss the curiousity & fascination the world seems to have with serial killers. The major themes of shame and hope found in the pov of Elizabeth Kloepfer & Ted. And simply what it means to be a person who loves other people. #WelcometotheAdventure Media References: * 'Tattoos on the Heart' by Fr Gregory Boyle (Book) * 'The God Ask' by Steve Shadrach (Book) * 'Servant Leadership' by Robert Greenleaf (Book) * 'Bored and Brilliant' by Manoush Zomorodi (Book) * 'Heretics' by GK Chesterton (Book) * 'Orthodoxy' by GK Chesterton (Book) * 'The Everlasting Man' by GK Chesterton (Book) * 'Consoling the Heart of God' by Fr. Michael Gaitley (Book) * 'The Man Who Was Thursday' by GK Chesterton (Book) * 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile' (Netflix Biopic) * 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor Frankl (Book) Learn more at: thechristinculture.com Twitter: twitter.com/OnTheAdventure2?lang=en Facebook: facebook.com/theChristInCulture YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCxgPx2b0MYUziwxT9cmtuwg

Without fail, when I am on my phone or computer my children will repeatedly interrupt me with requests for chocolate milk, to discuss their pressing social engagements, to resolve a dispute, or tell me the curtains are on fire. Well, luckily the last one has never happened and I would definitely hang up the phone… Continue reading Part 2 Bored And Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi

Join us as we discuss Manoush (we love her name and her book) Zomorodi’s book, “Bored and Brilliant”. Investigating how technology is transforming humanity is Manoush’s passion and expertise. In addition to writing her book, she gave aTED Talk about surviving information overload and the “Attention Economy.” She is one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative… Continue reading Part 1: Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi

I love this book!! Join us, Jill Fairchild and Charlotte Andersen as we discuss Manoush Zomorodi’s book. Seriously, go to the library, go to Amazon, or download it on Audible (it’s read by Manoush) and learn why you need to tame your phone! You could be brilliant if you do, even though I’m sure you… Continue reading Intro: Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi

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In this episode we talk to Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC's Note to Self and author of “Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self.” Back in 2015, Manoush wondered if being plugged in all the time to a constant stream of entertainment and information actually made our lives worse. She noticed that we're never bored—and she wondered, what is that lack of boredom doing to us? Manoush led her listeners through an experiment to help them unplug—and it was a huge success: after taking part in the experiment listeners reported feeling more creative and productive, and more satisfied with their lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi Written by Leigh Martinuzzi I am not sure after reading this book I am more brilliant or not. Perhaps that isn’t the purpose. It may be to open our eyes to how cluttered, busy and unnecessary our lives have become. In this book by Manoush Zomorodi, she takes the reader on a journey to unplug and disconnect from our digital lives. How to find greater productivity, creativity and original thought in boredom. It makes perfect sense although I am not sure I was entirely captivated. If you feel you struggle with digital sabotage, the notion that tech controls you and not the other way around then you may just benefit from reading this book by Manoush Zomorodi. Enjoy!

Bored and Brilliant, written and narrated by Manoush Zomorodi, is about experimenting with using gadgets less often to improve your creativity and productivity. This episode features special guest Linus Edwards, host of the podcast Slow. Start your free trial at Audible Bored and Brilliant Slow podcast, hosted by Linus Edwards Original episodes about the challenge on Note to Self podcast Two Dots game

In the first epilogue of season two, Jolenta and Kristen talk about the new theme song and answer listener mail about Bored and Brilliant. After that, they make a few announcements, including the title of next week's book!We love hearing from you! Reach out at 419-869-BOOK; email us at bythebook@panoply.fm; Tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, @bythebookpod; and follow us on Instagram @jolenta_g, @k10meinzer, @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687Also, you can get tickets to our appearance at the New York Times Podcast Club IRL here: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2017/dec/18/podcast-mixtape/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to season two of By the Book! Jolenta and Kristen are kicking things off with the new book Bored and Brilliant, by Manoush Zomorodi. Join the ladies as they delete their favorite apps, commute without their phones, and even watch a pot of water boil - all in the hopes of discovering whether disconnecting from their phones can spark brilliant ideas. We love hearing from you! Reach out at 419-869-BOOK; email us at bythebook@panoply.fm; Tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, @bythebookpod; and follow us on Instagram @jolenta_g, @k10meinzer, @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687Also, you can get tickets to our appearance at the New York Times Podcast Club IRL here: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2017/dec/18/podcast-mixtape/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning podcast host, managing editor of WNYC Studios’ “Note to Self,” and author of Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self, Manoush Zomorodi, took a break from her hectic schedule to rap with me about her claim to fame as a podcaster, the neuroscience of boredom, and how to recharge your creative batteries. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! Manoush is a former globetrotting journalist and producer for both BBC and Reuters. She has won four New York Press Club awards for her work with New York Public Radio and was named 2017 s Best Tech Podcast by the Academy of Podcasters. Her podcast is described as a tech show that “…searches for answers to life s digital quandaries through experiments and conversations with listeners and experts.” Her first book, Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self, is grounded in both neuroscience and cognitive psychology and based on a groundbreaking experiment she conducted with thousands of her podcast listeners to “…help them unplug from their devices, get bored, [and] jump-start their creativity…” In addition to her popular TED talk “How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas,” she has appeared on NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, WNBC, and The Dr. Oz Show and contributes to NPR, Quartz, Inc., and Radiolab. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. In this file Manoush Zomorodi and I discuss: The miracle of technology and its inherent ills Why our favorite algorithms are programmed to distract us How the author enlisted thousands of podcast listeners for her one-of-a-kind experiment Why you need to change your digital habits to be more creative Why first drafts suck and the power of deadlines A refreshing definition of creativity Why you should beware of technology that claims to solve your problems with more technology Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes If you’re ready to see for yourself why over 201,344 website owners trust StudioPress — the industry standard for premium WordPress themes and plugins — just go to StudioPress.com Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self – Manoush Zomorodi ManoushZ.com Note to Self podcast – Produced by WNYC Studios TED talk: “How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas” – Manoush Zomorodi A Georgetown professor says the mindset that led us all to embrace Facebook could ultimately stall your career How Einstein Thought: Why “Combinatory Play” Is the Secret of Genius – Maria Popova Manoush Zomorodi on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter

In this episode we talk to Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC's Note to Self and author of “Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self.” Back in 2015, Manoush wondered if being plugged in all the time to a constant stream of entertainment and information actually made our lives worse. She noticed that we're never bored—and she wondered, what is that lack of boredom doing to us? Manoush led her listeners through an experiment to help them unplug—and it was a huge success: after taking part in the experiment listeners reported feeling more creative and productive, and more satisfied with their lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bored and Brilliant is back. This time, with a special announcement: The Bored and Brilliant book is coming in 2017!!! Manoush is spending a ton of time sorting through your feedback, listening to your experiences and getting super bored in order to make this book exceptionally useful. So, now it's time for a summer refresher. Last year, tens of thousands of you took part in our Bored and Brilliant Project, a week of challenges that pushed us to rethink our relationship with our phones and jumpstart our creativity. We adapted the idea into a short, condensed version with three very doable, modifiable challenges for those of you on a beach (or stuck at the office wishing you were on a beach). This is not a digital detox. This is not an edict to lock your phone away in a drawer. This is not an ode to mindfulness. It is a way to apply what we know about constant notifications, neuroscience, and productivity to our lives. Right now. Listen above for the boot camp!   And for those of you who want all of the challenges at once, here's the full, extended series: The Case for Boredom What 95 Minutes of Phone Time a Day Does To Us Challenge 1: In Your Pocket Challenge 2: Photo Free Challenge 3: Delete That App Challenge 4: Fauxcation Challenge 5: Small Observation Challenge 6: Dream House The Winning Dream Houses The Results The Personal Stories One final note: Tomorrow we're very excited to drop a preview episode of our upcoming series about work/life balance. So do us a favor — subscribe on iTunes and tell a friend. We've been working on this project for two years, and can't wait to share it with you. For more Note to Self, subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio,Overcast, Pocket Casts, or anywhere else using our RSS feed.

Want to help shape Note to Self's next big project? We need to know what's driving you absolutely nuts right now. Take our short survey here. We're going to get right to the point: No more sacrificing our precious vacation time to our phones! Earlier this year, tens of thousands of you took part in our Bored and Brilliant Project, a week of challenges that pushed us to rethink our relationship with our phones and jumpstart our creativity. Now that it's July, we've adapted the idea into a short, condensed bootcamp version with three very do-able, modifiable challenges for those of you on a beach (or stuck at the office wishing you were on a beach). If you took part, consider this a seasonal tune-up (ahem those of you who deleted Candy Crush Soda but kept Candy Crush). If you missed it the first time around, welcome to the club. If you heard about it in January and, ah, chickened out, take a few deep breaths and consider this our belated gift to you. This is not a digital detox. This is not an edict to lock your phone away in a drawer. This is not an ode to mindfulness. It is a way to apply what we know about constant notifications, neuroscience, and productivity to our lives. Right now. Listen above for the boot camp! And if you want to do the full week's worth of challenges, sign up here for a new one in your inbox every day:   If you're interested in seeing how much time you really spend on your phone, you can download an app that will run in the background of your phone, calculating how much time you spend on it. We recommend Moment, BreakFree, or Checky. We've got more information here. And for those of you who want all of the challenges at once, here's the full, extended series. The Case for Boredom What 95 Minutes of Phone Time a Day Does To Us Challenge 1: In Your Pocket Challenge 2: Photo Free Challenge 3: Delete That App Challenge 4: Fauxcation Challenge 5: Small Observation Challenge 6: Dream House The Winning Dream Houses The Results The Personal Stories    As always, subscribe to Note to Self on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or anywhere else using our RSS feed.  

Last week, we gave you some numbers. But numbers don't tell the whole story — or, in fact, any of your 19,100 stories.By asking you to put some thought into the ways you use your phones, we stumbled upon a fact that is, perhaps, obvious: No two phones (or phone users) are alike. Turns out, teenagers in Florida get kind of excited when you ask them to turn their cameras off for the day. Slovakians over 35 aren't smartphone crazy, but the younger set? At least one Bratislavan says she's struggling. And so on. We were fascinated, and we were surprised.To learn more, Manoush made some phone (well, Skype) calls. Listen in the audio player above, or anywhere you like to listen to podcasts (iTunes, or on Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or RSS feed).    

We made it through a week of Bored and Brilliant challenges. We've struggled through withdrawal and reveled in release. We've learned about ourselves and our reflexes. And here, we crunch some numbers and start to figure out what we learned.  After this project, it's pretty clear: A subset of our society craves better harmony with technology. Unless we rethink how we make tech and how we use it, this subset will grow. We have pressure on tech companies into building apps and devices that fit into our lives, rather than taking them over. On today's New Tech City, we've called in the experts to talk about why over 18,000 people signed up for a project designed to rediscover quiet, reflective time undisturbed by the constant flash of gadgets. Manoush presented our findings (see below for more) to Malia Mason, a cognitive psychologist and Associate Professor at Columbia University, and Golden Krishna, a user experience designer with Samsung and Zappos on his resume, and author of "The Best Interface is No Interface." We gave them the data from our partner apps (Moment and BreakFree), your survey responses, and played them some audio testimonials from you. Listen to the podcast for more, of course, but here are some of our most intriguing findings: A general note that these are all, of course, correlations and not necessarily causation – we don't know what motivated each individual person's stats, whether it was the Bored and Brilliant challenges, app reminders or something else. Total stats: The average decrease was 6 fewer minutes of phone use each day down from our baseline of two hours. The average decrease in phone checking was 1 fewer pickup per day. (See chart here). People felt like they made improvements: Over 90% of people who filled out our post-challenge survey felt they had cut down on their phone use, either "somewhat" or "a lot."  Confidence went up: People also felt more certain that they could change their phone habits. Nothing to sniff at here! Ninety percent of our post-challenge survey respondents felt "somewhat" or "very" confident that they could change, compared to 80 percent in a survey before the challenge week. Gamers made the biggest strides: People who said gaming was one of the top three activities they did on their phones managed to drop the most minutes. They cut down 20 minutes every day. Possibly because of the "Delete That App" challenge. Parents made big changes: Before the challenge week, parents logged more phone time on average than participants who do not have children. During challenge week, however, parents dropped more minutes compared to non-parents (10 fewer minutes for parents compared to 4 for non-parents). The challenge most people said they plan to continue is keeping their phones in their pocket (88%). People also thought “In Your Pocket” was the most useful challenge (45%). The second most popular challenge respondents plan to continue (50%) was "Delete That App" (or, presumably, keeping that app deleted). Most people said that this was the most difficult challenge (32%).  This isn't over. We're brainstorming lots of Bored and Brilliant next steps, so please do stay tuned. And the beauty of this? Challenge week can happen any time. Keep talking about your personal dilemmas, your smartphone tips, and your somehow-riveting boredom reads on our newly created Bored and Brilliant-specific Facebook group.  And for now, hit play on the audio above and dive in.  To hear New Tech City every week, subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or anywhere else using our RSS feed. 

Welcome to the sixth and final day of our Bored and Brilliant challenge! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom, Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, and Challenge 5.  You've spent the week picking up your phone purposefully. You've kept it in your pocket, you've abstained from photo-taking, you've considered life beyond the screen. To take our project to its logical — and admittedly weird — conclusion, boredom artist Nina Katchadourian has assigned us a group project. We want you to get really bored, and then make something creative, introspective, and personal. Your instructions today are multi-part:  Put away your phone. Put a generous pot of water on the stove and watch it come to a boil.  If you don't have a stove or a pot, find a small piece of paper and write "1,0,1,0" as small as you can until it's full. Either way, you should get bored. Keep it up as long as it takes to daydream.  Next, take out your wallet and empty it of all its contents. Use them to construct your dream house. It could be the place you wish you lived in all the time or a getaway. Take as long as you need to build. Give your house a descriptive name. When you're finished — and only when you're finished — go get your phone. Take a picture of the house. (Careful with your credit card numbers.) Email your picture to bored@wnyc.org, and tell us about your creation (put its name and location in the subject line, and tell us why it's your dream house in the body).  Then, high five a friend. Check out the submissions here. Share your favorites. They'll be uploaded over the weekend.

Welcome to day five of our Bored and Brilliant challenge! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom, Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, and Challenge 4.  Social networks help us stay connected. We love social media. But how often do we swipe past strangers' selfies, baby pictures, and career updates in lieu of the actual humans around us?   For our second-to-last challenge (yes, there's a weekend project coming!), we want you to flex the creative muscles we've been freeing up all week. The first step is noticing.  Your instructions: Today, go somewhere public. It could be a park, a mall, the gas station, the hallway at work or school. You pick. Once you get there, hang out. Watch people, or objects, or anything that strikes you. Try not to be (too) creepy. Imagine what a single person is thinking, or zoom in on an uninventable detail. Just make one small observation you might have missed if your nose were glued to a screen. If you feel inclined, and we hope you do, record that detail using a voice memo app on your phone (yes, yes, we know, but we think this is worth a pick-up). Two good ones are the built in voice memo app for iPhone or an Android one called Easy Voice Recorder. Then, email it to us at newtechcity@wnyc.org. We always love to hear from you. We'll add it to our observation playlist below, and we might use it in an upcoming show.  Or you can tell us about your observation in the comments below. What'd ya see? How'd it feel?  Today's hashtag is #NTCNotice.  

Hello! Welcome to day three of our Bored and Brilliant challenge! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom, Challenge 1, Challenge 2, and Challenge 3.    Today, you're getting a break from email, texting, social media, or whatever means of digital communication interrupts you all day long. It's a fauxcation (or "fake-cation" if you prefer). Your instructions: Set an email auto-reply just as you would if you were out for a real vacation, send an "I'll be back later" text out on group chat, or put up an away message status on social media. Come up with your own. Or if you are feeling like a Bored and Brilliant Booster, use one of these badges we made for you. Whatever it'll take to give you peace of mind while you focus. Click through to download! (New Tech City) Worried about being away from work? On our podcast today, that's exactly what we take on: the role of boredom, downtime, and unplugging at the office. Matthew Krentz is a senior partner at the Boston Consulting Group. Krentz and his company let the Harvard Business School take a small team of consultants to use as time management guinea pigs. They discovered that perpetual connectivity was good in the short term — not so much in the long term. Studies say we actually perform better when we have a chance to think.  Click through to download! (New Tech City)   Look, we're in media. We get it. Maybe there's no way your boss will let you be off the grid for an hour today, and maybe not until the bigger, broader system changes. But perhaps you can make an hour for yourself tonight? That's when more of you told us you want to reclaim time from your phone anyway.  When you check back in, we'd love to hear how it went. Scroll through our gallery of away messages below, and let us know what you decided to go with! Our hashtag for the day is #NTCFauxcation.

Hello! Welcome to day three of our Bored and Brilliant challenge! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom, Challenge Number 1: Keep your phone in your pocket, and Challenge Number 2: Photo Free Day. Flurry Analytics defines a “mobile addict” as someone who launches apps more than 60 times a day.  The average consumer launches apps 10 times a day, so to qualify as having an app dependency, you have to be pretty app crazy. And the people most likely to be addicted? According to Flurry, teens, college students (skewing female) and middle-aged parents. Even if you aren't at 60 times a day, just about everyone has that one app — that one damn app — that steals away too much time.  Your instructions for today: delete it. Delete that app. Think about which app you use too much, one that is the bad kind of phone time. You pick what that means. Delete said time-wasting, bad habit app. Uninstall it. This will be difficult, because app designers are pretty smart. And they are pretty good at building things we want to just keep on using, over and over and over. In this episode, Manoush breaks her cycle. She deletes the seriously addictive game Two Dots. It wasn't easy and it followed a pretty, er, dramatic confrontation with the game designer. It might be cathartic for you.  If you need a little push to take the plunge, Dr. Zach Hambrick, professor of cognitive psychology at Michigan State University, says cell phone games do just about... nothing for your brain. You don't get better at anything but playing the game, he says. And only that game. "If you play Ms. PacMan a lot, you'll get better at Mr. PacMan, and video games where you have to move through a maze. But you won't get better at Space Invaders or some real task like filling out your tax forms," Hambrick said. Listen for more. And seriously... delete that app. Today's hashtag is: #NTCDelete. 

Hello! Welcome to day two of our Bored and Brilliant challenge! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom and then challenge number one: Keep your phone in your pocket. Your instructions: See the world through your eyes, not your screen. Take absolutely no pictures today. Not of your lunch, not of your children, not of your cubicle mate, not of the beautiful sunset. No picture messages. No cat pics.  We want you to start actually seeing that phone-free world around you. A recent study found Americans take more than 10 billion photos every month, and mostly on our phones. The thing is, each time we snap a quick pic of something, it could be harming our memory of it. This podcast is about psychology, creativity, and perception.    Meet the man who inspired it here:   "They're not even looking at the painting sometimes, they're scrolling; they're just scrolling away, looking at their phones... They'll say I was checking and you can tell when they're taking photos." — Greg Colon, security guard at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City

Your instructions: As you move from place to place, keep your phone in your pocket, out of your direct line of sight. Better yet, keep it in your bag. While you're boarding the train, walking down the sidewalk, or sitting in the passenger seat of a car, we're asking you to look at your phone only when you have reached your destination. You can do it. And when you do pick up your phone today: Here are five basic phone hygiene tips to make that screen time really count. They come from the mind of Dr. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of "The Distraction Addiction." To hear more, listen to our challenge one podcast above. Phone Freedom 101   1. Remember to breathe "When we check our email, wait for messages to load, we unconsciously hold our breath. And this matters because... holding your breath is something you do in moments of anxiety." 2. Turn off non-vital notifications "I often think smartphones behave like children. When you first get them, you open them up with all their defaults, they're set to alert you to absolutely everything. New message, pop up window. Text message, it comes up immediately... In this respect, smartphones behave like children. When they want your attention, they want it right now." 3. Make sure you do get the notifications that matter to you Knowing that you'll hear about a sick kid or cancelled flight lets you rest easy about everything else. "In an emergency, in the zombie apocalypse, who do you want to be able to reach?" Pang says. "Those people, I've given one ring tone. In my case it's Derek and the Dominos' "Layla." The whole rest of the world gets Brian Eno's "Ambient Music for Airports." 4. Fight "phantom phone syndrome:" Practice not answering messages right away "We become so accustomed to extending our senses for the next call or next tweet, we begin to misinterpret other things. If [you're] a medical resident you tend to have this an awful lot — if you're on call and you miss your pager going off or you miss your phone, that's a really, really bad thing, because that means someone's in the ER and not getting your attention...  It is a small but subtle way in which your relationship between you and your phone has tipped in the phone's favor."  For everyone else, you can get to that text later. 5. Carry your phone in a bag, rather than in your pocket or in your hand (this one's extra credit!)  "Not carrying your phone right against your body but carrying it in your bag can help ease some of that sense that you always need... to have a little of your attention turned toward your phone." Got more? Use the hashtags #BAB and #NTCPocket (yes, it's kosher) to tell us about it, or add a comment below. To make sure you hear every challenge, subscribe to the New Tech City podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or anywhere else using our RSS feed.