A Short Note on the Necessity of Boredom

I found a quote by John Cage, a composer and artist, with whom I'm not familar at all but whose craft need the same depth of concentration that I am pursuing: 

“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.”

John Cage merely states what devoted students has been practicing since they were kids. If one has to find meaning in decades of compulsory schooling, it is this: the willingness to do and excel at something you absolutely hate, and eventually derive joy out of it.

Enjoy your boredom.