The importance of being bored
It used to be that when we waited for the bus, we'd often just sit there, looking around, staring off into space a bit, maybe we'd nod at someone walking by. But times have changed. Now we get our phones out and focus on the screen, occupying ourselves until the bus arrives. It makes sense in a way: it's all seemingly right there for us, the world, in our pockets, too tempting to resist. But maybe there's a deeper reason as to why we do it: to distract ourselves - even and of