Catherine Prasifka: Silence is golden, but finding time to enjoy it without distractions is almost impossible
We are all adept multi- taskers: listening to music while we walk, watching a show while we cook, messaging a friend while we are reading a book. With phones, laptops and televisions all within easy reach, it is second nature to use them. It is almost unconscious. How often have you decided you were done scrolling and put down your phone, only for it to appear in your hand again, open on the same app you had just closed?
If our brains were machines, they would be fed a constant conveyor belt of content that they neatly process into thoughts. What goes in comes out, and the output is focused, inspired by the input. That's not to say that all our thoughts are only about what we are consuming, but it leaves less space in our head for boredom or spontaneous ideas. There is no room at all for silence.
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