Results: Are We Losing the Art of Being Bored?
1.
1.
Phones have basically eliminated those little stretches where we used to just sit, wait, think, people-watch, etc. Do you think people are less comfortable being bored than they used to be?
Yes
58%
•
775 votes
No
14%
•
195 votes
Undecided
28%
•
377 votes
2.
2.
When you have a few minutes with nothing to do, what are you most likely to do? Check social media
17%
•
234 votes
Browse the internet
23%
•
306 votes
Play a game
12%
•
167 votes
Message someone
3%
•
45 votes
Listen to music/podcast
9%
•
120 votes
Just sit or think
26%
•
354 votes
Other (please specify)
9%
•
121 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.86% | 25 | |
| Read | 1.34% | 18 |
| read a book | 0.82% | 11 |
| watch tv | 0.30% | 4 |
| na | 0.22% | 3 |
| go outside | 0.15% | 2 |
| Do a project that is interesting to me. Read, puzzles, mental stimulation. | 0.07% | 1 |
| 0.07% | 1 | |
| Use Tellwut! | 0.07% | 1 |
| none | 0.07% | 1 |
| hobbies | 0.07% | 1 |
| read some of whatever book I'm reading | 0.07% | 1 |
| Depends on the situation. | 0.07% | 1 |
| depends | 0.07% | 1 |
| Read a book (paper not e-book) | 0.07% | 1 |
| Do online surveys | 0.07% | 1 |
| work on a UFO knitting or handwork project | 0.07% | 1 |
| pick up my book | 0.07% | 1 |
| Answer surveys | 0.07% | 1 |
| take a nap | 0.07% | 1 |
| nap | 0.07% | 1 |
| sit on my patio and bird watch | 0.07% | 1 |
| Meditate | 0.07% | 1 |
| Stretch | 0.07% | 1 |
| read or crochet | 0.07% | 1 |
| Craft | 0.07% | 1 |
| Walk | 0.07% | 1 |
| work on crossword puzzles | 0.07% | 1 |
| worship God | 0.07% | 1 |
| Call someone. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Check my phone | 0.07% | 1 |
| Do a crossword puzzle | 0.07% | 1 |
| tv | 0.07% | 1 |
| Read a book. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Read a book, go for a walk, | 0.07% | 1 |
| READ A BOOK AS I ALWAYS HAVE ONE ON THE GO | 0.07% | 1 |
| take a walk | 0.07% | 1 |
| knit | 0.07% | 1 |
| turn on TV | 0.07% | 1 |
| read a book, always have one on me | 0.07% | 1 |
| ... | 0.07% | 1 |
| turn on the tv | 0.07% | 1 |
| view TDS comments here | 0.07% | 1 |
| Go out to my yard, sew, crochet, read, or write a letter to friends. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Check email | 0.07% | 1 |
| Depends. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Outside to garden | 0.07% | 1 |
| wrong question | 0.07% | 1 |
| gardening | 0.07% | 1 |
| sleep | 0.07% | 1 |
| it depends | 0.07% | 1 |
| WATCH A MOVIE. | 0.07% | 1 |
| take a survey | 0.07% | 1 |
| Read a few pages of the book I'm reading | 0.07% | 1 |
| la lecture ou artisanat | 0.07% | 1 |
| Pray | 0.07% | 1 |
| Watch t.v., or read. | 0.07% | 1 |
| read a paperback or hard cover book that does not require technology or the internet | 0.07% | 1 |
| just close my eyes and relax | 0.07% | 1 |
| crafts | 0.07% | 1 |
| I always have something to do. I am never bored. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Fill out a survey | 0.07% | 1 |
| Nothing | 0.07% | 1 |
| walk my dog | 0.07% | 1 |
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