Hello,
Regarding boredom there are several skillful ways to work with this:
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Reflect on the impermanence of your body and death. The conditions called “you” will eventually evaporate, disassemble, and cease. While there’s time, you have the incredible opportunity to practice the Dhamma as best you can. Generally, people are not bored by contemplating their deaths.
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Generate gladness/happiness of the citta by practicing metta, karuna (compasssion), or mudita, (joy). The citta enjoys these deeper types of peaceful/happiness and is not restless or bored in the midst of this “happiness that need not be feared” as the Buddha said.
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Focused insight meditation, such as into anicca, dhukkha, or anattā “displaces” restlessness and boredom.
In the end, we each have to find the deep purpose and meaning of the Dhamma in our life. When we connect with that, boredom is replaced with effort and interest. 