What looks like Doing Nothing to the rest of the world is actually deep, important work as an artist.

Listening to conversations on the bus.

Watching people on the street.

Thinking while you're in the shower.

These moments of boredom are the seeds of books, paintings, movies, and every creation in-between.

Here's what my embarrassing YouTube watch history taught me about harnessing that creative boredom in my life—among other things.