On Messages Behind the Boredom
Neurodivergent Narratives Podcast
English - December 17, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement adhd autistics mental health black mental health mental wellbeing neurodivergent intersectionality self improvement actually autistic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Boredom often connects to productivity for me and this didn't sit right with me for some reason, so I decided I needed to learn more about it. The initial title for this episode was 'is boredom really our fault though?' and that question was what guided my research. It made me wonder if there was more to it. I think I was right.
This episode hits on a few ideas around how anticipation, autonomy, creativity and flow might connect to boredom and how boredom might be telling us a lot more than just 'there's nothing to do and I really hate that...'
This is the first of a short series on some thoughts and ideas around boredom.
Three things on boredom in society:
1. Boredom as anticipation of something to happen
2. Boredom as a way to police free time
3. Boredom as potential for (unwanted) change
Resources:
What does Boredom do to us and for us
Why boredom is anything but boring
The fascinating history of boredom
Affect and critique: A politics of boredom