Once you’ve truly settled into the anaesthetising effects of boredom, you find yourself enroute to discovery. … You let your mind wander and follow it where it goes.*
Pamela Paul

Perhaps
The truth depends on a walk around a lake.**
Wallace Stevens

It doesn’t have to be a walk around a lake,
But admitting you’re bored is the first part
of a great gift:
The possibility of an adventure –
Read a book, call a friend, buy some plants –
The list is endless, and, after all,
Saying that you’re bored already means
you have the time.

*Pamela Paul’s article: nytimes.com: Let Children Get Bored Again;
**Robert Macfarlane’s The Old Ways.