"Saying “I’m bored” suggests you’ve in fact seen and thought of every interesting thing in the universe, read every book, been down every street, looked into

"Saying “I’m bored” suggests you’ve in fact seen and thought of every interesting thing in the universe, read every book, been down every street, looked into every window, talked to all 7 billion people and that until some NEW material comes along, frankly, you’re not at fault for mopin’ around the house and draggin’ your knuckles a little bit. “Sorry, but there’s nuthin’ ta DO.” ... I'm not sure I agree. I think "bored" may simply be a state of mind that people sometimes just have to cycle through. Like, if you say "I'm depressed", I'm not going to claim that you've gone through every conceivable solution to every problem the world might have and that you've concluded every one of them is hopeless. You might be depressed about something, or you might have found something to be depressed about. I'm not sure which one is the cart and which one is the horse. I think plenty of creative people get bored, and I don't think it's always because of an absence of things to be interested in, any more than depression is always caused by an absence of things to feel optimistic about.