I have known people who are really good with “special projects” but not so good at daily routine. People who would rather paint a room than keep it neat and clean on a daily basis. Sahil Bloom spoke to this in a blog posted October 8, 2025: The Costs of Entry in Life. Here’s the section on Boredom:

Boredom of routine is a cost of entry for success

Social media rewired our brains to constantly chase novelty. We swipe until we find the fresh, new thing that grabs our attention.

But unfortunately, that obsession with novelty is the single greatest risk to building the life you want.

An observation on the most successful people I’ve been around:

They have a high tolerance for boredom.

The most meaningful things in life are built through the consistent execution of the very boring basics. Businesses are built through years of pounding away on a core, central idea. Careers are built through years of showing up and doing what you say you’re going to do. Relationships are built through years of presence. Bodies are built through years of basic daily movement and nutrition.

Real success isn’t flashy. It’s built through long periods of extremely disciplined, boring routines. If you chase novelty, you’ll never allow the magic of compounding to do its thing.

Find joy in the boring. Show up, do the work, repeat.

To shine in the light, you have to embrace the boredom in the dark. – Sahil Bloom, October 8, 2025, emphasis his

For example, some of us like the flashy conferences but not the discipline of daily time with God. We might need to “…embrace boredom in the dark.”

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. (Matthew 6.5, 6, NKJV)

Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little. (Isaiah 28.9, 10, NKJV)