Why Doesn T Boredom Be Good For You?

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Did you ever think that boredom could be good for you? Researchers are now
saying that it could have many benefits. Boredom is important to you because it prevents
anxiety and improves your imagination.
One reason why boredom is good for you is that it improves your imagination. For
instance two researchers did a test where they "asked a group were asked to either copy
numbers from a phone book or not (control group) followed by an exercise to think of as
many possible uses for a pair of plastic cups". They say that the people that copied the
numbers down had more uses for the plastic cups.
Another reason is that it relieves stress and anxiety. This is because your mind
needs time to rest between one thing and the next. Your mind can't constantly

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