Diffuse Thinking
As opposed to Focus thinking. When the mind is allowed to move away from focusing on a task or problem, and subconscious processing is still occurring.
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It is not clear to me that boredom is a state that reduces Happiness. It does seem like some amount of boredom is valuable for Diffuse Thinking and creative insight.
Perhaps the motor function of writing is part of this. I notice similar effects while walking and thinking too, though not always in the same way. It seems like the mind needs to be given a chance to meander, almost as if when the body is busy doing something else (writing, walking) it has a chance to actually not worry about what to do next and instead just relax on a thought and potentially discover something new about it. This feels in some way similar to Diffuse Thinking or Benefits of walking
Perhaps the motor function of writing is part of this. I notice similar effects while walking and thinking too, though not always in the same way. It seems like the mind needs to be given a chance to meander, almost as if when the body is busy doing something else (writing, walking) it has a chance to actually not worry about what to do next and instead just relax on a thought and potentially discover something new about it. This feels in some way similar to Diffuse Thinking or Benefits of walking.