Investigating the incident of boredom 18 Articles

by Alex Bond

Something that has been on my mind a great deal lately is the topic of free time and boredom. Many people have a dream of saving up enough money to eventually retire and have the rest of their life as free time. I'm under ...read more

by AJ Nold

Despite what many people choose to believe, boredom is by no means a result of having nothing to do. More often than not, victims of boredom have plenty of options at their disposal, though none may seem particularly appea...read more

by Judith Windover

Life and the Boredom Factor: Investigating the Incident of Boredom The most fascinating aspect of human life is that we are complete and utter strangers unto ourselves. We are still in the infantile stages of learning a...read more

by Lilly Harlow

Twiddling your thumbs, yawning, checking your watch repeatedly, all these are horrible symptoms of boredom. Usually, boredom occurs when the body and mind is least active. To be un-bored (a new word created by me) you m...read more

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by Jayne Scott

Personally, I feel there are three types of people where boredom is concerned. Have you noticed those frantic, always busy with too much to do type of personalities? They are never bored simply because they never give them...read more

by Teresa Brouwer

Whenever we go through physical or mental distress, usually it's a symptom of something. There's a reason why we feel the way we do. Boredom isn't the cause of depression, but it's a symptom of depression. However, just...read more

by Ashley Benlove

Boredom. I am bored enough at 8:30 at night to be writing this article about boredom. Crazy? Yes, I suppose it is. So, I decided to go into Microsoft Word and type in the word Boredom to the dictionary look-up. And this is...read more

by Elita Clayman

I saw a line once in an article that used the phrase a price above rubies. You could say was that an article on jewelry purchasing or was that an article on jewelry making or perhaps how many pieces of jewelry do you own t...read more

by Lonnette Harrell

I read an article today in the Boston Globe, called The Joy of Boredom by Carolyn Y. Johnson, and it reminded me of several that I've written lately, about slowing down in this fast paced world. It was wonderfully written,...read more

by Jon Crosby

Have you ever noticed how time seems to fly when we're busy and engaged? Conversely, have you not also noticed how 15 minutes can seem like an hour when we're bored? I think most would agree there are times when we shou...read more

by Diane Kilmer

Okie dokie.. so it is a beautifully cold evening out here in the mid-west, and because of my boredom and lack of motivation to do something like clean, or read, or figure out what Christmas song I am doing for church next ...read more

by Sean Johnston

Being bored is the displacement of your ambitions. The Remission of your aspirations. If you are bored for long enough then you will eventually find something to occupy yourself. We have nothing but time, it is ...read more

by Michael Mcdowell

I am bored. I took the day off from work so I could go snowboarding with friends. The problem is that I went out last night. I didn't get home until about two o'clock this morning. When my friends showed up at my place thi...read more

by Tricia Lye

Boredom puts a person in a lingering comfort zone and gives him a sense of safety because it is familiar. How do we recognize a person experiencing boredom? He may be uncaring, lethargic and passive due to apathy and...read more

by Emma McFagen

To be bored is to be dissatisfied. Who of us is completely satisfied? I am always amazed with my children, who on a daily basis, are "bored to death." I suppose it's the fast-food age that we live in, where everything...read more

by CLPinCOLO

I am from a small town in Colorado and there is nothing to do in this small boom town. So when children and teens get in trouble how should we blame them, after all we adults sure have our share of "good times" or "things ...read more

by Cassandra Rosa

HA! I am surprised to not find more articles under this category! I myself have been bored many of times. So have many others that I know. In fact I can say with the most certain certainty that everyone, a time or two, in...read more

by Julie Emery

911 Operator: "911 Operator...What is your emergency?" Caller: "I'm bored. Please hurry!......." 911 Operator: "Stay on the line, we're sending help" Officer I. Feelgood is immediately dispatched to the scene and ...read more