If you work remotely, a good cure for boredom is working 2+ jobs with minimal responsibilities or expectations. Spinning plates, keeping a mediocre output for keeping the job, is a great wealth and boredom fix.
Suppressing boredom diminishes productivity and the likelihood of finding meaning at home, as well.<p>Guarding against the things I use to avoid boredom is the most effective way I've found of doing the things I'll feel good about later.
When I realized that the gervais principle was not a joke _at all_ I became a contractor, and I moved to 100% remote. This way I produce the output they expect while working on my own products. Best of both worlds and everyone is happy.
Of course this only works if you <i>really do</i> have enough non-boring tasks that there's always one available to switch to, and if the boring tasks aren't <i>so</i> boring that you get bored with them before making enough progress.