One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

A life arranged to avoid all pain tends to go flat, and anything worth having brings some ache with it. Wanting nothing keeps you safe and empty. Wanting something exposes you. What looks like a free choice between the two is usually a choice about which cost you would rather carry.

Notice where your days have gone quiet, and ask whether that quiet was chosen or simply settled into. If something you want has been held at a distance because of what it would ask of you, take one small step toward it this week.