Thirty years had passed, and suddenly I couldn’t wait three days. An out-of-the-blue decision to reach out to someone from my past reminded me how good it feels to be curious, vulnerable and genuinely surprised by life.

Your life can be full and still feel strangely predictable. Maybe boredom isn’t asking you to add more to your calendar. Maybe it’s asking whether you’ve gotten so practiced at responsibility that you’ve forgotten how to surprise yourself.