Fodder For Ponder: Embracing boredom to enrich your life

by Richard Hindmarsh

Productive pondering will kick-start your creativity and enrich your life. You do not want to be sidetracked by boredom. It may sound just a little crazy, but embracing boredom will improve your life. As a modern society, we avoid boredom like the plague. Boredom is painful. Boredom is an idle, restless discomfort, and a vacant, empty mind craves distraction. Yes, it might be uncomfortable but do not run from it or drown it in endless meaningless activities or shallow thoughts. This short book looks at a few areas in life worth pondering and some poems on those topics. So, grab a pen and paper, find a place of solitude and ponder. You will not be disappointed.

76 pages, Paperback

Published March 13, 2020

About the author

Richard Hindmarsh is Associate Professor in Griffith University’s School of Environment, and Centre for Governance and Public Policy where his research lies in environmental politics and policy, and science, technology and society. He holds a PhD in STS from Griffith University (Australia) and his previous book on this topic is Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: Social, Political and Environmental Issues (Routledge 2013).