When you're busy enough, "boredom" isn't a thing - it just feels like a break.
It's fantastic and rare.
A chance to think, to put things together in your head, be intentional with moves forward, and actually really wonderful.
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. -Frederick Douglass
John Gardner via John Maeda who shares this article every new year's day, and I always re-read it.
Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imagine feeling drawn toward your own routines, your habits, your interests, the way you’d be drawn toward someone who excites you. Imagine treating your life like it has hidden layers, little secrets,... See more
“Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.” —Carl Jung