How to be bored /
In the latest installment of the acclaimed School of Life series, learn how to make peace with your down time-and even benefit from it. Lethargic inactivity can be debilitating and depressing, but in the modern world the pendulum has swung far in the other direction. We live in a hyperactive, over-s...
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505 | 0 | |a The problem -- Hyperactivity and its discontents -- Challenges of choice -- Leisure -- Idleness -- Introspection -- Imaginative exploration -- Contemplative concentration -- Choosing from within -- Engagement -- Work -- Relationships -- Creative play -- Conclusion. | |
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