Actually, I find being in a stand concentrating, being one with what is going on around you very relaxing. It gives us the opportunity to actually see and hear and in fact, there is lots of sound in the woods, some of it is subtle like winter birds and squirrels scratching up and down tree trunks, tiny peeps from some birds, leaves crunching because of deer either scratching for acorns or running from something . Deer and squirrels make different scratching and running noises in leaves but it gets our attention and we look in the direction it came from anyway. I am rarely bored on stand but like others, if I was in the stand before daylight I sometimes do have to fight a nap when the sun is shining and I warm up.