When Boredom Strikes
Whenever we reach for our phones when we're bored we want to relieve feelings of fatigue and boredom, but a study suggests that doing so only increases those feelings even more.
The study's results showed that even though we're on our phones a lot, we still take "phone breaks" every 20 minutes or so and spend about 90 seconds every time.
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Increased Boredom After Phone Breaks
There are two speculated reasons as to why we're more bored after taking phone breaks;
- Switching from work to your phone and back again may end up being more mentally tiring than it is stimulating; and
- Picking up our phones might serve as reminders of all the fun we could be d...
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