I want to be bored this year. I want to swim in unstructured hours that allow me to catch up with myself, where I can realise thoughts I didn’t know I had; to let my imagination roam and bloom into shapes only possible without the constant distraction of a screen blurring my vision.

We hound ourselves with an aggressive load the moment our eyes flutter open and just before they close – scrolling, checking, cross-checking, responding, reacting. Our brain is tender and plastic at these times, producing alpha waves – the state in which we’re most receptive to new ideas and can absorb information like a sponge.