"A Trip to Boredomville" from the Stories for Boredom Collection

Sparkle Stories Podcast

Lisabeth Sewell

Audio, Kids & Family, Stories, Stories For Kids, Children, Kids

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week's free story comes from the Stories for Boredom collection.
It's called "A Trip to Boredomville"

In this Sparkle Car story, "A Trip to Boredomville," Javon goes to visit his Pappi at a cabin in the woods for a month. He is convinced the month will be the most boring time of his life — that is, until his Grandfather introduces him to Boredomville, and the whole world transforms into one of wonder and exciting possibilities.

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0:00.0	The Oh, Hi everyone welcome to the sparkle stories podcast this is Elizabeth of sparkle stories And I'm going to say a word and then I want you to notice how you feel.
0:37.0	Ready?
0:38.0	Boredum. I'm bored. Can you imagine that for yourself? How does that make you feel? Like,
0:47.2	oh, itchy, scoozy wiggly inside, like, oh, I don't want to do that.
0:52.0	Bored um, But you know what?
0:54.8	Boredum's actually good for us and I'm talking to kids and adults alike
0:59.1	boredom is good. From boredom comes new ideas comes creativity.
1:05.0	It's really, really valuable.
1:08.0	And it's also good downtime.
1:10.0	Our potties and minds need downtime.
1:12.0	But it's tough in this day and age. There's always Our potties and minds need downtime.
1:12.6	But it's tough in this day and age.
1:14.4	There's always so much to entertain us.
1:16.3	We can reach for things all the time.
1:18.2	We don't let ourselves be bored.
1:19.5	But I'm here to tell you.
1:21.2	It's a pretty good thing, even if it's uncomfortable.
1:24.3	So I have picked a story today called a trip to Boredumville.
1:28.0	It's from the Boredum, Stories for Boredum Collection.
1:31.7	And I'm not going to tell you much about this one but I want you to know that by the end of the story
1:36.6	you're going to have a sense that boredom opens up wonderful possibilities.
1:43.8	So listen in and find out what.
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