The Painful Reality of Boredom And How Anyone Can Cure It
2 min readDec 30, 2021
Boredom is unpleasant. Or is it?
Most people think boredom is a matter of not being interested in what they’re doing. But that’s what it wants you to believe. Boredom is your reaction to “the deeply uncomfortable experience of confronting your limited control,” to put it in the words of Oliver Burkeman.