The University of Essex was able to find the most boring person in the world and it is not one person but certain criteria. After studying 500 people experts at the University of Essex deduced that the most boring person in the world is a religious data entry worker, who likes watching TV and lives in a town.
If you meet this criterion then congratulations, you are the most boring person in the world. Now you may disagree with the findings of the University of Essex but you cannot deny the following facts about boredom.
- There are different types of boredom, there is Indifferent boredom, calibrating boredom, searching boredom, apathetic, and reactant boredom.
- Always being bored is not a good thing as it is a state of stress, especially if it is apathetic or reactant boredom.
- Being bored can actually lead to death, well kind of. From 1985 to 1988 people between the ages of 35 and 55 were asked to fill out a survey and in a follow-up survey in 2009, most of the people who had died by then were those who had reported being to a great deal.
- Being bored can actually be a good thing as it boosts creativity in us and makes us think about stuff and come up with new ideas and thoughts, so next time when you are bored, put it to good use.
- A study found that being bored at work may not be the worst thing as it shows that you aspire to do something else or find other work more interesting and it is only a matter of you finding that right job and then you can flourish in it.
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