The Unexpected Value of Boredom for Well-Being and Creativity

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The Unexpected Value of Boredom for Well-Being and Creativity
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Around 67 percent of men and 25 percent of women would rather inflict a small electric shock on themselves than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. JeffreyDavis108 explores the benefits of idleness.

With so many forms of entertainment at our fingertips, we never need to let ourselves be bored.

Visit any park, restaurant, or other public gathering place, and you’ll notice people checking and rechecking our primary mode of entertainment : Our phones. We reach for our phones to verify a fact during a conversation. To record our toddlers at the playground. To check our email while waiting for a crosswalk.

that 67 percent of men and 25 percent of women would rather inflict a small electric shock on themselves than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.Is boredom necessary for creative work?

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