on the drive with kenny jones – we discussed boredom. experts found the typical adult will waste almost six hours a week feeling completely and utterly bored with life.
it is the equivalent of 13 days a year, or 786.5 days over the average adult lifetime of 60.5 years. that’s two years of your life…being bored! that’s not taking into consideration that you spend close to 30% of you life asleep.
“this survey is quite depressing, as it shows that most people are dissatisfied with the humdrum of daily life,” said scott o’donnell of www.triviala.com, which commissioned the survey.
all this talk about boredom got us thinkin’ about the things we do to combat boredom. listen to how the drive contingent combats boredom…
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brilliant ways to fight boredom, gang – as always, nicely done!
according to triviala.com these are major sources of boredom
Top 5 things which make us bored
1. Having no money
2. Waiting in queues
3. Hearing people whining about feeling ill
4. Waiting for internet pages to load
5. Being ill
it’s official…i’m bored with talking about being bored. (yawn)
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August 30, 2010 at 11:51 pm
those people should be listening to your show kenny jones! they won’t be bored any more.
love you guys in the mornings. xoxo