Boredom is not relaxing, I must admit, not because it's mundane but because it’s uncomfortable. Far too many of us are afraid ...

I think it is interesting when people are not patient enough to enjoy museums. When they cannot creatively cooperate with their own boredom. In the case that they comply, I find it a remarkable thing ...

A March study of the mental health of 3,500 Italians living under national quarantine found that boredom was a more common complaint than loneliness, lack of social activities, and even loss of job ...

[Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the “Chapters of Our Lives” issue of PREMIUM Magazine, which featured personal storytelling.] When I was a young boy, there was nothing so thrilling as ...

If you've never been bored, don't get in the mood now. Any concept that attracted comment from Kant, Goethe, and other giants accomplished enough to be identifiable by one name must be complex, ...

"Ennui," 1893, by French artist Gaston La Touche. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. The International Sanatorium Berghof, high in the Swiss Alps above the flatlands, is a place where people ...

A few minutes late, my teacher rushed into class and started with a conspiratorial whisper, “So! Who wants tonight’s homework to be sitting down and doing nothing?” Instantly riveted, we all leaned in ...

Dolphin skull covered in scrimshaw of ships, foliage, a butterfly, and flags, from 1750-1850. (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) 19th century whalers could be at sea for years, and for ...