Many try to avoid boredom, but it serves a purpose. A cognitive neuroscientist explains why people get bored and how to turn ...

Merriam-Webster defines ennui as: “A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction.” Ennui is boredom, but many use the word to ...

Feeling a sense of career ennui? These career coach tips may help you rediscover your passion. What is career ennui you ask? Well, maybe you’re finding yourself yawning through the day at the ...

“I like, when I give a definition of boredom, to resort to this quote from Leo Tolstoy, from (his novel) ‘Anna Karenina,’ where he talks about ennui, or boredom, as ‘the desire for ...

Since the routine of life cannot be greatly altered, the only escape from boredom is to discover something exciting in what appears monotonous. The surest antidote to ennui is aliveness.