Boredom

"All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room."
Blaise Pascal

How Boredom Is A Gateway to Creative Breakthroughs

By Manoush Zomorodi

Why Embracing Tedium Trains Us For “Deep Work”,

By Cal Newport

Taking Time Away From Screens To See Where Our Minds Take Us

By Michael Easter

Boredom, The Brain & The Need For Discovery

By Dan Cable

Why We Get Bored & How To Deal With It

By John Eastwood

Out of My Skull: What Boredom Is Trying To Tell Us (& How To Listen)

By James Danckert & John Eastwood

How Boredom Leads to Curiosity & Ingenuity

By Science Of Everything, The Good Stuff & Seeker

EFT: Tapping On Feeling Bored

By Brad Yates

"Boredom opens up the space, for new engagements... If you are not bored, you just stupidly enjoy the situation in which you are."

TED Talks & Lectures

By Rosanne Bane & Cindy Foley

Tips & Webisodes

By Veritasium, Robert Greene, New School & VSauce

Clips & Interviews

By Jerry Colonna, Sue Varma, Sherry Turkle & Sandi Mann

Insight

Bustle

There’s Actually A Super Scientific Reason For Getting Bored

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Psyche

How To Channel boredom

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Quartz

The Scientific Link Between Boredom & Creativity

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Behavioral Scientist

The Threat of Boredom Is a Call to Action

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Fast Company

How to trick your brain into not getting bored

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Wired

How Being Bored Out of Your Mind Makes You More Creative

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BBC

Why boredom is bad… and good for you

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Vice

How to Be Bored

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BBC

How boredom can spark creativity

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Inc.

Boredom, Apparently, Comes in 5 Flavors

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Forbes

Bored At Work? Science Says That’s A Good Thing

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D.I.Y.

The Cut

How Easily Bored Are You?

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Question Pro

Boredom Proneness Scale

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Animated Shorts

By Sandi Mann

Podcasts

Yuval Harari

Why Boredom is Good For You

Erin Westgate

The most boring podcast ever, with Erin Westgate, PhD

Dan Cable

Bored & Disengaged

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Sandi Mann

The Upside Of Downtime

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Audio Books

The Case for Boredom

Taken from Bored And Brilliant, by Manoush Zomorodi.

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Boredom By Any Other Name

Taken from Out Of My Skull, by James Danckert & John D. Eastwood.

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Book Extracts

Rule #2: Embrace Boredom

Taken from Deep Work, by Cal Newport.

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The Quest For Engagement: What Is Boredom?

Taken from The Science Of Boredom, by Sandi Mann.

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"The Secret To Happiness May Be Unhappiness"

Taken from Propelled, by Andreas Elpidorou.

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Understanding Boredom

Taken from The Power Of Boredom, by Mark A. Hawkins.

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