Unrecognized Joy

By our instincts, our minds set the definition of joy as a feeling that contains a mixture of positive emotions from certain thoughts or events. However when we come across the word "bored", we can very often ignore the "joy" factor within. The other day after I woke up from a nap, I decided I would simply watch the clock, and let it tick for as long as I could endure. After about 20 minutes of doing so, I reflected upon this time frame, and decided that it was more like 45 minutes; this led to my small thought of the day: being bored makes time "pass slower", and therefore makes our days in comparison longer. So where am I getting to with this? Well, simply the fact that being bored is a potential way to making many people's desire of living a longer life possible. Now, this doesn't necessary mean everyone should just lay there and do nothing all the time, but on special occasions, we should spare some time to ourselves, solely enjoy the feeling of being bored, and indulge in the luxury of living an illusionary "longer life".