THE UPSIDE OF DOWNTIME
Book ID/图书代码： 07980015B78188
English Summary/英文概要： Are we living in an age where we are more boredom-prone?
Or are other people boring us?
Or could we be that boring person?!
In our current information age, we are constantly connected to technology, and have so many varied ways to spend our leisure time that we should all surely never know what boredom feels like. Yet, boredom appears to be on the rise; it seems that the more we have to stimulate us, the more stimulation we crave.
In a quest to relieve our boredom, we engage in dangerous risk-taking - from extreme sports to drugs to gambling to anti-social behaviour, or we overindulge in shopping or eating.
The Upside of Downtime explores the causes and consequences of boredom in the fast-paced twenty-first century. Parents are desperate to keep their children entertained during every waking moment, the education system is geared towards interactivity, and attention spans are dropping as we use multiple devices at all times. But the world of work can be increasingly repetitive and routine, and we are losing the ability to tolerate this everyday tedium.
Using Sandi Mann’s own ground-breaking research into boredom, this book tells the story of how we act, react and cope when we are bored, and argues that there is a positive side to boredom. It can be a catalyst for humour, fun, reflection, creativity and inspiration. The radical solution to the ’boredom problem’ is to harness it rather than try to avoid it. Allowing yourself time away from constant stimuli can enrich your life. We should all embrace our boredom and see the upside of our downtime.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我们生活在一个更无聊的时代吗？
或者其他人让我们无聊？
或者我们才是那个无聊的人吗？！
在我们现在的信息时代，我们都在不断地接触到科技，我们有许多不同的方式来度过我们的休闲时间，我们应该永远都不知道什么是无聊的感觉。然而，无聊的感觉似乎是在上升，似乎我们越是刺激自己越是想要寻求更多刺激。
为了缓解我们的无聊，我们开始各种危险的冒险—从做极限运动，到毒品，赌博，到采取反社会行为，或者我们过度地购物和饮食。
《无聊时间的好处》探讨了在快节奏的第二十一个世纪导致无聊的原因和后果。父母不顾一切地想让孩子在醒着的时候都感到不无聊，教育系统是面向互动的，注意力集中的能力在下降因为我们时时刻刻都在使用多媒体。但是工作的世界却是越来越多的重复和常规事务，我们正在失去容忍这种日常单调的能力。
使用桑蒂•曼恩关于无聊的自身突破性的研究，这本书告诉我们怎么做，怎么反应和应对无聊的时候，也提出了关于无聊的积极的一面。它可以是幽默，有趣，反思，创造力和灵感的催化剂。解决“无聊问题”的根本解决办法是利用它，而不是试图逃避它。让自己的生活充满不断的刺激，丰富你的生活。我们都应该接受我们身边的无聊，看看我们的无聊时间的好处。（YYW）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 桑蒂•曼恩博士是中央兰开夏大学的一名高级心理学讲师。她针对无聊做了广泛的研究，并在一系列的学术研究中提出了自己的发现。她是关于无聊的权威，经常出现在媒体谈论无聊这个题目，登过新闻的头版头条和也获得过整版报道。
桑蒂是个经验丰富的职场顾问，拥有自己的私人诊所、十多本受欢迎的心理学书籍的作者。桑蒂在赫芬顿邮报上刊登博客，她是《辅导工作杂志》的专栏作家。
Dr Sandi Mann is a Senior Psychology Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. She has researched extensively into boredom and written and presented her findings in a range of academic outlets. She’s recognised as a leading authority on boredom and has appeared extensively in the media to talk about it, garnering front page headlines and full page reports.
Sandi is an experienced workplace consultant, has her own private clinic and is the author of more than ten popular psychology books. Sandi blogs for the Huffington Post and is a columnist for Counselling At Work journal.
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