The science of boredom -> can be fascinating, especially in a pandemic

[CoachKandSportsguy]

This Is How To Never Be Bored Again: 4 Secrets From Research - Barking Up The Wrong Tree (https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2021/09/bored/)

First the title page is hilarious, but then the article is fascinating if you reflect about the topic within your own daily life.

Kind of what makes TV attractive to many types of people, and what makes some people avoid TV

just an interesting article about life in retirement, types of personalities, and the allure to some of TV

thought provoking guy

[DAVES]

This Is How To Never Be Bored Again: 4 Secrets From Research - Barking Up The Wrong Tree (https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2021/09/bored/)

First the title page is hilarious, but then the article is fascinating if you reflect about the topic within your own daily life.

Kind of what makes TV attractive to many types of people, and what makes some people avoid TV

just an interesting article about life in retirement, types of personalities, and the allure to some of TV

thought provoking guy

My mind-I have to live with it.
I wonder. With the pile of books I have with not enough time to read them, I regret I will not be adding anything about the science of boredom. Too busy for it.

[Laker14]

I have been meaning to reply to this post. I can relate to the message in the article, and in fact have, over the years, sort of plodded along the same roads mentioned in the article. I didn't find these roads myself necessarily, but by reading a bunch of books that addressed the issues of "stress", or "finding a purpose"...various trendy, at the time, "self-help" books that I purchased while in airports.
Anyway, not long ago, a friend of mine who was approaching retirement asked me if I ever got bored in my retirement. I said "yes", and I recommended he learn to make friends with a certain degree of boredom.
I relate it to Hans Selye's discourses on the difference between "stress" and "distress".
He was in a high stress, high demand, 60 hour/week job. He even experienced the occasional self-described "panic attack".
So the first job with boredom is to try to recognize whether or not you are "bored" or just not used to having your brain red-lined on the stress-o-meter. Take a chill. Do some breathing. Try to enjoy the moment.
I am a retired dentist, and that job comes with some stress.

What I find helps with "boredom"... a "to do " list. Mine, not my wife's "honey-do" list.
Mindful, meditative breathing.
And of course, what I jokingly refer to when talking to my kids, "my active seniors lifestyle"...Golf, Pickle, Swimming, Socializing etc etc etc.