It's easy to conflate burnout with being bored out, the underwhelming ennui of being bored at work. A career coach shares how to spark your passions again. Of course, being comfortable isn’t ...

It’s just four hours into a calm, lazy Saturday morning, and I feel a kid tugging at my sweats. “Mom, I’m bored.” Seriously? You haven’t been home for more than a few waking hours in the last week ...

Retirement is intended as a well-deserved break after decades of hard work. However, the reality is that many retirees can experience unexpected bouts of boredom. Without the daily structure and ...

Sometimes, work feels excruciating. You don’t want to wake up in the morning for it. You feel constantly distracted. And at the end of day, you don’t feel satisfied at all. It may be that your work ...

Nowadays, when children are bored, they don't go outside and play with the other kids in their neighborhood, pick up a book, or even just sit and play with their toys. Instead, many children turn to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Sara Fang. As a kid, I hated being bored. Before there were piles upon piles of homework ...

Millennial parents of today’s generation of kids grew up in a unique, budding world of technology, which also coexisted during a time of pure, organically created boredom. It was a time when weekend ...

GREENE: I mean, the last thing we want to do is bore you. But as NPR's Andrew Limbong reports, being bored might not actually be such a bad thing. ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Being bored sucks. Anyone ...

Thaasophobia is the intense and irrational fear of boredom. It’s often related to symptoms such as impulsivity, compulsivity, perfectionism, restlessness, and ruminations. While boredom can, due to ...

MESSRS. H. W. and F. G. Fowler, the compilers of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, define ‘boredom’ as ‘being bored; ennui ’ — which only goes to show that there is a point beyond which conciseness ...