Boredom isn't the enemy—it's a sign. If we can resist the urge to immediately scroll it away, your brain starts surfacing what you actually care about. That restless feeling? It's creative pressure building. Some of the best ideas and projects start not from inspiration, but from sitting with boredom long enough to hear what it's asking you to do.

The boredom your experiencing for these couple of weeks. I don’t ice fish so Up here in the north country I experienced that boredom for over three months. It sucks! What can you do to learn or build a skill or tangential skill that’s gonna help you in 2026 and in the future? For me that was getting a captains license, getting deeply involved with straight up Fishing, studying, and building bass fishing rods and this winter is all about artificial intelligence, both for work and business and Fishing. I’m currently pursuing multiple AI certifications this winter.

Eddie Nichols we have a round table weekly on Thursdays exactly for this.

I like the Chatterspike

This one's worth your time. Set the goal, keep it simple, fall in love with the process, put in the reps. Be grateful to make the first cast—that alone is amazing. The ability to show up and cast a line-- Already a win. Live this way and confidence and success follows. Watch this one.

It really depends on the body of water. Safety first.

Great book on creating great habits - Atomic Habits. You can make Easy small tasks become strong positive habits. Habit stacking is a great way to do one small thing. “After I pour my morning coffee, I will do one push-up.” “After I launch my boat, I will check my battery voltage.” Etc…

I had a great year meeting you and fishing the north east and regional trail. Memories Made.

I like that last one ☝️