EditorialDanny Rensch, left, the chief chess officer of Chess.com, a website and an app, and Erik Allebest, the chief executive, at the company’s headquarters in Draper, Utah, April 19, 2023. (Kim Raff/The New York Times)
EditorialFiguring out the root cause of our lack of inspiration can help us make better choices in how we spend our time, experts say. (Delcan & Co./The New York Times)
EditorialBen Demchak uses a magnet and line to fish for metal objects in the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 14, 2022. (Doug Strickland/The New York Times)
EditorialMariage a la mode, a series of six satyrical paintings, also issued in very popular prints, describes the boredom and sad end of a fashionable marriage-The settlement,1742-44. Canvas,90,8 x 69,9 cm NG 113.
EditorialA playground in Voronezh, a city often regarded as the epitome of provincial boredom in Russian popular culture, Sept. 1, 2021. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
EditorialJames Letizia, a video editor and fledging standup comedian who complained about the boredom of jury service on his podcast, in New York, Feb. 9, 2021. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA smoker in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2021. Some blame the pandemic for the stress and boredom that have led them to buy more cigarettes. (Chloe Pang/The New York Times)
EditorialCindy Richter and her daughter, Scout Kasak, pick up baked goods on May 3, 2020, from The Bernal Bakery, a project started by Ryan Stagg and Daniella Banchero from their home in the Bernal Heights section of San Francisco. (Cayce Clifford/The New York Times)
EditorialMariage a la mode, a series of six satyrical paintings, also issued in very popular prints, describes the boredom and sad end of a fashionable marriage-The settlement,1742-44. Canvas,90,8 x 69,9 cm NG 113.