First because time goes by faster the boredom doesn't last as long.

Then also I know it will end. As a kid I sometimes thought the boredom would go on forever.

I've also learned how to entertain myself. If I'm stuck listening to a boring lecture, I can think about other more interesting ideas and keep boredom at bay. As a child, I had not developed that skill.

"&^%^@$*% whippersnappers".

Now that -- at least, most of the time -- I can do what I want, when I want, I don't suffer from boredom.

reading material, even if online, or a TV with remote, I'm usually occupied, mentally at least.

So much to learn, so little time.

Someone asks me how things are, what is happening, etc. If I can answer "nothing", I am so grateful. I have learned that if things are not boring, things are seldom good. "Nothing" means all is as it should be. Not boring means that I had to have a plumber come or the roof is leaking or the water heater just died. It never seems to be that I won the lottery or I'm going on a cruise. Give me boring!

oh, that magic feeling: nowhere to go