article_snippet: And Dr Sandi Mann warned that us modern-day obsession with smartphones and other gadgets could be stifling this creativity because time we would now have spent daydreaming is now taken up with emailing, texting or surfing the internet.
article_snippet: Our obsession with gadgets has left little time for getting bored and daydreaming,
article_snippet: However, She warned that our love phones and other gadgets means we are in danger of forgetting how to be bored.
highlights_snippet: Dr Sandi Mann has also warned obsession with  gadgets could stifle creativity .
  
highlights_snippet: Says people are forgetting how to be bored due to modern-day technology .