A Bit of Optimism · 2025-12-30 · 63 min · 13,023 words

Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova

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I've been backed off and banned from probably close to like six, seven casinos now in Vegas. And unfortunately they're all my mom's favorite casinos, so we can't go there anymore. She's she's told me to stop. So I love this. That all you wanted to do was be a good daughter, celebrate your mom's birthday, and now you're banned from half a dozen casinos in Las Vegas.

No. It's a funny turn of events, but yeah, I blame my mom. It's your mother She she brought me there. I mean it's always childhood trauma. Exactly.

I I just wanted to sit with her longer and have have more drinks, so. Two introverts walk into a bar. Let's be honest, that's not happening. But here's what did happen. Two introverts sat down for a conversation about creativity and the importance of boredom.

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