An Antidote for Chronic Boredom

There’s no quick fix for chronic boredom, but with practice, you can train yourself to choose more engaging challenges by default.

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For most of my life, I’ve been easily bored. My feeling of boredom escalated in high school and became progressively worse throughout college and into the early years of my professional career.

I was able to get away with being bored for a long time because I had a good head on my shoulders, allowing me to get by with minimal effort, and I would constantly chase novelty and take on the persona of a fun-loving, adventurous guy.