Not necessarily According to a study by at least Wilson et al. In 2025 Science,
In 11 studies, we found that the participants usually did not enjoy spending 6 to 15 minutes in a room, but nothing to do, but think that they enjoyed doing too much of worldly external activities, and many preferred to administer themselves to themselves instead of being alone with their ideas. Most people like to do something instead of nothing, even if it is something negative.
Possibly people do not like to be left alone because they feel bored. Nevertheless, a video of Arthur Brooks of Harvard Business Review argued that “you need to get bored”.
Wilson paper also argues for the benefits of attention.
It may be that many people want to gain better control of their ideas with focus and other techniques with clear benefits. Without such training, people prefer to think, even if what they are doing is so unpleasant that they will normally pay to avoid it. The untouched mind does not like to be alone with himself.
Do you need more boredom in your life?
