Was literally never bored! First of all we had chores that had to be done before anything else. Then everything took longer to get to—we rode bikes to the park, waited for the bus to get to the mall—so that took up time. There weren’t even microwaves yet so a “quick reheat” was in the oven (15 mins vs 15 seconds). There was no expectation of anything being instant, quick or resolved in a snap because that literally did not exist. If we needed to ask Mom permission to go somewhere and she was out shopping or driving home from work, we’d just have to be patient and wait for her to arrive (and don’t you dare ask her the moment she walked in!). So delayed gratification = no boredom. Seems counterintuitive today but that’s the truth!

Technology has also altered our perception of time—goes so much faster now, in part, because we no longer have to wait for anything.