Feeling bored? Read this
Andrew MalcolmPosted at 7:21 pm on May 9, 2019
Feeling scared? Tense? Concerned?
It’s hard to believe but a new poll of 2,000 Americans finds they are bored more than one-third of their daily life. If you sleep one-third of the time, that doesn’t leave much time for happy.
The survey, by market research firm OnePoll, defined a boring day as containing simply no fun whatsoever. Not even reading a HotAir post about boredom.
The average respondent reported that being bored, having no fun or dreading something was taking up about 36 percent of their life. Which works out to 61 hours every week. Or 131 days every year.
Imagine being bored or dreading every single day for that long, ever since last New Year’s Eve, in fact.
Clearly, this is a First World problem since these respondents are not spending their days dodging bullets or foraging for food.
The biggest reported culprit for American boredom seems to be having adult responsibilities like going to work and parenting.
More than 20 percent told researchers 2018 was less fun than 2017. And almost half (49 percent) said last year was the most stressful year going back all the way to 2015.
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