Mr Bailey says he enjoys the “challenge”.
“The first time I did it was on a shorter flight, out of necessity,” he says.
“I forgot my headphones, and there wasn’t anything on the entertainment that I wanted to watch.”
But he has carried on doing it. “I like the challenge, for sure. I fly so often. Why not challenge myself?”
Allowing yourself to be bored for a few hours is actually quite good for us, argues Sandi Mann, academic and author of The Science of Boredom. “It can really improve our relaxation and creativity.”
People have to find ways to wean themselves off the constant “highs” they get from modern technology, she says.
“We need to reduce our need for novelty and stimulation and whizzy-whizzy bang-bang dopamine, and…
