In my book, Getting a Success Change, I advocate the
practice of “farting around” which I define as “spending time with no apparent
purpose, just being and observing.” This concept has been validated by Dr.
Teresa Belton, A British learning expert. She says that society has "developed
an expectation of being constantly occupied and constantly stimulated." “As
I get older,” she adds, "I appreciate reflection and boredom. It's very freeing being creative for no reason other than
you freewheel and fill time." Children especially “need to have
stand-and-stare time, time imagining and pursuing their own thinking processes
or assimilating their experiences through play or just observing the world
around them." Dr Belton concludes: "For the sake of creativity
perhaps we need to slow down and stay offline from time to time."
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