[There are] two types of boredom, one that Lars Svendsen calls “situative boredom” and one that he calls “existential boredom.” Situative boredom, which is a species of what I will call “everyday boredom,” occurs, Svendsen says, “when one is waiting for someone, is listening to a lecture or taking the train”, that is, in particular situations when one has lost interest in what one is doing. Existential boredom occurs when “the soul is without content and the world is in neutral.” This somewhat cryptic description is later stated more precisely by Svendsen: “While situative boredom contains a longing for something that is desired, existential boredom contains a longing for any desire at all.”

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