CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. 1    Boredom by Any Other Name
3. 2    A Goldilocks World
4. 3    The Motivation to Change
5. 4    Across the Life Span
6. 5    A Consequential Experience
7. 6    Boredom at the Extremes
8. 7    The Search for Meaning
9. 8    An Epidemic in the Making
10. 9    Just Go with the Flow
11. Conclusion
12. Notes
13. References
14. Acknowledgments
15. Illustration Credits
16. Index