Boredom, or an approximation of it, is an online trend for young people trying to sharpen their attention spans.

Boredom is feared by everyone, from adults in the workplace to kids home on their summer break. But a recent Academy of Management study finds boredom can have positive outcomes such as generating new ...

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 ...

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, ...

Experts say the sustenance parallel is apt: Boredom functions like pain or thirst, signaling us that something needs to change. But the theory that boredom spawns creativity turns out to have “pretty ...

Boredom — that dreaded, mind-numbing feeling — is a universal fact of life. For some, it’s a fleeting feeling that prompts positive action. But for those with boredom proneness, frequent intense ...

Don’t judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Wise advice; but not so easy to do. How can we enter into the lived experience of another person—how can we think their thoughts and ...

New research has found that boredom is rising year after year for teens in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades, with greater increases for girls than boys. "I'm so bored!" It's a typical complaint by teens in ...

While mind-numbing tedium is never the goal, it can often be the source of great art, writes Clare Thorp. “I don’t know where I am going, but I promise it won’t be boring,” David Bowie announced from ...

Boredom ranges from a mild, hazy inability to pay attention, to an unholy feeling that even pain might be a sweet relief from nothingness. It is the itch we spend our lives scratching, and it is a ...

If it were fun, they wouldn't call it work. At least that's what a friend of mine likes to say. Perhaps it conveys what many people feel -- their jobs are fairly boring. If you're a leader, this ...

If you’re wondering why Millennials are still spending too many work hours checking Instagram or Facebook after you’ve spent the last several years complaining about it, you haven’t been paying ...