We tend to define boredom as the feeling of having nothing to do, but it might really be a failure of attention — a restless ache of wanting to engage your mind and being unable to.

Ask most people what boredom is and you get a version of the same answer: it is what happens when there is nothing to do. An empty afternoon. A waiting room with old magazines. A long drive with no podcast. A Sunday evening where every possible plan feels like effort. The cause seems to sit [...] The post We tend to define boredom as the feeling of having nothing to do, but it might really be a failure of attention — a restless ache of wanting to engage your mind and being unable to. appeared fi