Be Bored, Not Boring | Hala Elabbassi | TEDxNewtons Grove Youth
TEDx Talks·2026-02-18 16:12

As a kid, my favorite thing to do was to solve word searches. It's not your typical 8-year-old hobby, I know, but I liked it anyways. You know, I'd sit cross-legged on the floor of my room. I'd have a book and a pencil in my hands, and I'd just sit there for hours searching for meaning amidst the chaos of letters.It was amazing. I loved it. But then one day, my room was a mess and of course I was lazy.So I decided to spend my time in the living room instead. I mean, no harm in that, right. Yeah, apparently ...