Boredom

How Asians See America

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Video, Representation, Race, Slidepollajax, China, Museum of Chinese in America, Teenagers, America Through a Chinese Lens, Boredom, Arts News

In the film "Chungking Express," the actress Faye Wong listens to the Mamas and the Papas hit "California Dreaming" on repeat while she works odd hour...

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What To Do On A Long High School Commute

Anne Hilker | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: School Commute, Commute, Commuting, Sirius XM, Boredom, Teen News
Anne Hilker

My commute to school is 30 minutes or longer, depending on traffic. I know you're thinking, "30-minute commute? Seriously!" But each morning is a new opportunity to think of creative things to do.

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The New Epidemic: Chronic Boredom

Nancy Colier | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Smartphone, Identity, Technology, Well-Being, Boredom, Mindful, Distraction, Meditation, Parenting, Children, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News
Nancy Colier

Technology is encouraging our belief that open time, or free play as it used to be called in pre-school, means boredom. What happened to our delight in not knowing what might unfold? Where has our interest and faith in creating something out of nothing gone?

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Technology Got Rid of Boredom, But It's Killing Our Creativity

Phil Cooke, Ph.D. | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Create, Creativity, Angry Birds, Daydreaming, Technology, Mobile Phones, Boredom, Unplugging, Down Time, Healthy Living News
Phil Cooke, Ph.D.

Creativity doesn't happen during sessions of "Angry Birds." Creativity happens during the down times when your mind wanders and makes connections you wouldn't normally consider.

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Musings of a Bored Teenager

Dina Chizhik | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Boredom, Teenagers, High School News
Dina Chizhik

Everyone is aware of the teenager stereotype. The rolling of the eyes. The attitude. The lack of interest. It all comes down to one thing: teenagers are bored.

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The 4 Most Common Causes Of Addiction Relapse

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Recovery, Fear, Expectations, Relapse, Drug Addict, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drugs, Family, Boredom, Healthy Living Health News, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
Carole Bennett, MA

In working for years with both the family and their loved ones' substance abuse issues, I have concluded that even though there are a myriad of reasons for relapse, there are four basic ones that can become an easy switch to flip.

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A New Way To Think About Boring, Mindless Tasks

Adele Scheele | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Tasks, Healthy Living Mind, Boredom, Healthy Living Health News, Boring Tasks at Work, Mindless Tasks, Doing Boring Tasks, Boring Tasks, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Adele Scheele

Boring tasks at work plague us. We stagger under their weight every day. Every so often we get lucky enough to delegate them to someone else, but usually we just have to learn to cope. It's one of the lesser lessons in life.

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Summer Book Club for Kids

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Book Clubs, Kids Books, Children's Books, Bribery, Parenting, FAO Schwarz, Libraries, Boredom, Books News
Jenny Rosenstrach

As soon as I drew up summer reading lists with point systems and rewards, my 7-year-old was curled up with the dog on the couch reading Amulet (10 points) and her sister was asking why the library has to be closed on the Fourth of July.

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Boredom: A Gift for the Soul?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 07.16.2011

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Jay Michaelson

What, after all, is the difference between "boredom" and "relaxation"? It's not what's going on outside; it's what's going on inside.

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iPads In Restaurants: Rude Or Great Parenting?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parenting, Children, Parenting Advice, Boredom, Restaurant Etiquette, Ipad, Entertaining Children, Kids Entertainment, Child Entertainment, Parenting Tips, Entertaining Kids, Keep Kids Quiet, Keeping Kids Quiet, Children Entertainment, Children Restaurant, Kid Restaurant, Healthy Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I'd like my kids to get used to the fact that in the real world there will not always be something specifically intended to entertain them. Except now there is.

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Are Artists Bored by Their Work?

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matisse, Labor, Art, Rembrandt, Inspiration, Art History, Work, Artists, Titian, Painting, Boredom, Opalka, Borofsky, Benjamin, Danto, Patience, Impatience, Auerbach, Holbein, T. J. Clark, Arts News
James Elkins

I have been writing about looking slowly, taking time to let the visual world seep into your thoughts. It took me three years, on and off, to learn to...

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In Defense of Boredom: Why it is Essential to a Healthy, Happy Childhood

Darell Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Standardized Testing, Parenting, Education Reform, Play, Parenting Advice, Boredom, Education News
Darell Hammond

Kids need to stop racing. By granting them the privilege of boredom, we must let them start hopping, skipping, jumping, and wandering instead.

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10 Ways To Break Out Of Everyday Boredom

Tara Sophia Mohr | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tara Sophia Mohr

Here are 10 simple ways to end everyday boredom and restore full-color aliveness in your life

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6 Tips For Fighting Boredom

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gretchen Rubin

Samuel Johnson wrote, "It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery, and as much happiness as possible." O...

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The End of Time

Ann Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Seasonal Affective Disorder, The Future, Time Travel, Time, Homelessness, Dogs, Boredom, Costa Rica, Healthy Living News
Ann Reynolds

What will our future be? Everyone wants to know. Depending on who you listen to, one future is new and exciting, the other terminal and scary. Why i...

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Fear, Sex and the Quest for More

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pornography, Srini Pillay, Infidelity, Fear, Srinivasan Pillay, Sex, Affair, Addiction, Meditation, Craving, Masturbation, Boredom, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

When we crave sex, we are often seeking an easy access solution to relieve the craving and to discharge the tensions we keep in ourselves. Yet, this discharge is illusory.

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7 Tips for being an unequivocally B-O-R-I-N-G friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

Here are seven simple tips to nip a new friendship in the bud or to sabotage an existing one: 1) Do it her way Abrogate all responsibility for the f...

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Three Sources of Boredom in Today's Workplace -- And What Helps

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Work and Mental Health, Workplace Stress, Careers, Career Culture, Boredom, Healthy Living News
Douglas LaBier

Workplace boredom can be as stressful and damaging as career uncertainty or demands for overwork. But knowing the sources of boredom can help liberate you from the prison they create.

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The Four Horsemen

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Isolation, Loneliness, Cynicism, Apocalypse, Famine, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, War, Future, Conquest, John Wayne, Resignation, Choice, Boredom, Death, Healthy Living News
Jim Selman

Do we all become infected with the disease of cynicism and give into our basest instincts and fears or do we start a new story about who we are and who we can be for each other?

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Balanced Life: 6 Tips for Coping With Boredom

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Focus, Interest, Boredom, Happiness, Time Management Tips. Time Management, Balanced Life, Time Management Techniques, Free Time Tips, Unplug and Recharge, Life Balance, Life Work Balance, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Diane Arbus wrote, "The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true."

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Science Shows You Can Die of Boredom, Literally

Todd Kashdan | Posted 11.17.2011

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Todd Kashdan

The more bored you are, the more likely you are to die prematurely. If boredom kills, then cultivating curiosity is a cure.

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Being bored Bad For Health

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011

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LONDON — Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary to be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April, experts say t...

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Boredom in School and its Effects on Your Child's Health

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, High School, The Breakfast Club, Schools, Boredom, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Healthy Living News
Jenifer Fox

Some have argued children must learn to accept boredom. Learning how to get through it is part of the point, right? Wrong. Overcoming boredom isn't a matter of character development.

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Adventures in Modern Eating: Had Enough Of Your Plate?

Carol Maric | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pressure, Depression, Empathy, Affluence, Fiction, Microfiction, Micro Fiction, Recession, Stress, Politics, Hunger, Health, Satire, Flash Fiction, Food, Eating, Boredom, Philosophy, Business, Management, Jobs, Psychology, Healthy Living News
Carol Maric

  " Are you hungry? " " No.   I am tired of eating.   It is so high maintenance and costs too much.   I am tir...

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Embracing Boredom

Julie Fefferman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Psychology, Living, Intellectual Stimulation, Road Trips, Boredom, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Julie Fefferman

In need of stimulation, humans challenge their current perspective. Not only do we investigate what is, we crave to redefine meaning.

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