How to Be Bored: The Dutch Art of Living Well by Doing Absolutely Nothing

Rediscover the gift of boredom with niksen, the Dutch way of doing . . . nothing.

Plagued-as we are!-by nonstop pings and notifications, we've lost the knack of zoning out. Slacking off. Being bored. Gone are those golden childhood days when we lazed about in the sun with nothing on our minds or our calendars. These days we fill our hours with work, streaming, and doomscrolling.

How can we relearn to truly relax and reset?

The Dutch have it figured out: with niksen. Perhaps their best-kept lif...