The benefits of boredom Flashcards
boredom
the state of feeling little excitement or enthusiasm.
How’s your week been, Sam?
Oh, you know, quiet – I haven’t done much or been anywhere – so, it’s been a bit boring.
I know that feeling – when nothing exciting happens, it can lead to boredom – the state of feeling little excitement or enthusiasm, often because you’ve got nothing to do. But Sam, there is some good news – boredom can be good for you.
Wow – they all sounds deadly boring – but I imagine taking photos of letterboxes is the most boring – perhaps?
die of boredom
be extremely bored.
we might die of boredom following those hobbies – a phrase that expresses how extremely bored you are. But not for everyone – boredom depends on your state of mind – some of us might find something boring while others might it fascinating.
True. But let’s talk about feeling bored when we have nothing to do – not even trainspotting! Having nothing to do, or doing the same task again and again, can certainly be demotivating.
upside
a positive side to a bad situation.
It’s this emotion everyone thinks is so negative but there’s a real positive to it too, there’s a real upside to it. We become more creative, so for example, being bored allows our mind to wander, allows us to daydream, and that can actually lead us to problem solving and creativity.
Some interesting thoughts from Sandi Mann there. She says that there’s an upside to boredom – that means a positive side to a bad situation. And that is, it can make us more creative.
stimulation
activates or enriches the mind.
I fear that by swiping and scrolling our boredom away these days, that we’re losing that creativity because we’ve got so much to entertain us - but it seems that the more we have to entertain us, the more bored we seem to be! And there’s a reason for that – and that’s because we actually get addicted to stimulation and to novelty.
novelty
new, unusual or different.
I fear that by swiping and scrolling our boredom away these days, that we’re losing that creativity because we’ve got so much to entertain us - but it seems that the more we have to entertain us, the more bored we seem to be! And there’s a reason for that – and that’s because we actually get addicted to stimulation and to novelty.
sensation
feeling.
We think, who wants to be bored? What an awful sensation that is. And I think that the issue is with mind-wandering, you don’t immediately get to roses and chirping birds, and amazing creative thinking - there is this uncomfortable period that you have to pass through where maybe you start thinking about things you don’t want to think about or uncomfortable situations or unpleasant feelings that you have, that’s why boredom I think has negative connotations ‘cos we feel uncomfortable - but when we stick with it that’s when the good stuff can come.
connotations
an emotion connected to a word.
you start thinking about things you don’t want to think about or uncomfortable situations or unpleasant feelings that you have, that’s why boredom I think has negative connotations ‘cos we feel uncomfortable - but when we stick with it that’s when the good stuff can come.
A connotation is an emotion connected to a word. But if we work through the bad stuff and stick with it, amazing creative thinking can happen – as Manoush says ‘the good stuff can come’.
