Boredom Is Bad

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Does boredom really affect you as much as you think? Boredom is something that you think is bad, but is actually really good for you.

Boredom was a fact of life. If you’re waiting for your parents to come and pick you up. You get your phone and start playing on your phone, you also start texting your friends. Your mom comes and gets you, you turn your phone off and get in the car. You get back on your phone and start playing your games again. According to the passage, it says, “

Boredom is actually really good for you. The only reason , (well, there’s more than one reason, but this is one of the hundred picked)boredom is really good for you is because you have your electronics and you can think about what you can do. Sometimes

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