Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. 1. Boredom by Any Other Name 5
5. 2. A Goldilocks World 25
6. 3. The Motivation to Change 49
7. 4. Across the Life Span 70
8. 5. A Consequential Experience 88
9. 6. Boredom at the Extremes 109
10. 7. The Search for Meaning 126
11. 8. An Epidemic in the Making 144
12. 9. Just Go with the Flow 164
13. CONCLUSION 187
14. NOTES 197
15. REFERENCES 229
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 265
17. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 267
18. INDEX 269