Popular thread. I think you hit on something that resonates with a lot of us. I've had this conversation a lot lately with myself and with others. I've spent the last months since becoming self aware painfully bored, like, numb with pain of the feeling of boredom. Like there's a hole in my heart that the wind just blows right through.

The only thing I've figured out is that the times in my life when I haven't felt this, always revolved around some investment of time into something that was long term and with a faraway resolution. I felt amazing during undergrad having something to work towards, it felt great to challenge myself in the gym for years, it felt great to make music and to come home every day and practice. These are things that I've put down, but they all challenged me to be better, they kept my life on track, and for lack of a better word they gave me oodles of supply and kept me extroverted and sharp.

With the support of my partner I've decided to further my education and now I have a new project at home to tinker with. All my anger, boredom, resentment, phew, it went somewhere else.

At the risk of sounding preachy - maybe for us it's just really important to always have something that challenges us? Like a shark in the water, you know, can't breathe when we sit still.