With summer vacation upon us, parents nationwide are bracing themselves for those dreaded words: “I’m bored.” Though it might seem like an innocuous statement, testing high on measures of “boredom ...

At any hour of the day or night, we can be entertained. Simply pick up your phone and there is endless content to consume, videos to watch, articles to read, apps to download, wormholes to discover.

We’ve all been bored at some point during the work day—work isn’t meant to be mentally stimulating for every moment. Whether we’re bored routinely during a certain time of day or with our career in ...

Workplace boredom is a common, stigmatized signal, not a flaw. It indicates a lack of challenge or meaning, often due to role underload or poor job design. Instead of quitting, view it as internal ...

Bored? That's not necessarily a bad thing, experts say. (Ezra Bailey/Getty) At any hour of the day or night, we can be entertained. Simply pick up your phone and there is endless content to consume, ...

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 ...

When was the last time you remember feeling truly bored? Maybe you forgot headphones for the gym, or you were stuck in traffic during your commute with nothing to do. Truth is, it’s rare to feel ...

When I first started working in private practice well over a decade ago, I would often start my sessions with teens with a simple exercise. I’d offer them a deck of feeling cards and have them pull ...

Work in Progress is a column about finding your way in the working world. Have a question for Rainesford Stauffer? Send it to [email protected]. I went from a highly stressful job to a very ...

As an entrepreneur, you’re probably used to keeping yourself busy all day long, crossing items off your to-do list. But if you’re looking to give your productivity an unexpected boost, you may want to ...