This is actually very important. Learning how to live with yourself, your thoughts, and to cultivate contentment in the presence of (sometimes deep) boredom is

This is actually very important. Learning how to live with yourself, your thoughts, and to cultivate contentment in the presence of (sometimes deep) boredom is hugely important. Boredom is absolutely central to motivation and imagination. Our culture generally treats it as something to be avoided at all costs. And modern tech companies mine your attention for clicks and $$, they don't care about you, and they foster a world that's antithetical to quiet alone (boring) time. Seeing your actions (watching Seinfeld, playing games) in the context of your motivation system is valuable. Andrew Huberman talks a lot about this, and ways to bootstrap getting out of a motivation hole (like it sounds the OP is in).