Opinion
Embrace the boredom. So says a new study out of Harvard that suggests our constant overstimulation is leaving us at odds with the amount of happiness we have in our lives.
It seems somewhat counterintuitive, as the absolute dream of my 10-year-old self was to have my own TV I could carry anywhere.
Backyard tent sleepovers would be spent under torchlight, dreaming of the possibility of a video call to lands far away or the chance to catch an episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe from the comfort of my somewhat worn sleeping bag.
I remember the first video-capable smartphone I owned, and the feeling of how much it would change the world; the ability to sit on a domestic flight and watch three-minute videos filmed on a camera not much better than a potato, on-screen from the privacy of my seat.