The challenges in boring and familiar

A situation that does not change, sooner or later will no longer offer enough possibilities for your personality to develop and reestablish itself. All possibilities he saw are now explored, interpretations made and labels handed out, and as far as he is concerned it is time for something new for him to focus on.

The drive for this, is the need of your personality to reestablish and strengthen itself, and in order to be able to make sure that he succeeds in that, it is necessary for him to be able to attract your attention. And he will not be very successful in that when there is no renewal, then he tends to run out of options. He may try to find an alternative way to look at the situation, and for example start to value the routine, familiarity and order (now you know what you have, that is very familiar and safe, try to hold on to that), but new input nowadays is usually preferred.

A new challenge usually is directly usurped by your personality: all kinds of things need to be explored, organized, new knowledge has to be taken in, all kinds of things have to be made, you have to get acquainted with new people, relations have to be established, and all kinds of likewise stuff. All things that are "absolutely necessary" according to your personality. And as you can see, it is a guaranteed way for him to be able to get your attention for the oncoming period of time.

There is of course an alternative for this: you can use both an existing situation and a new challenge to become more aware of the role of your personality, and use it to make space to remember your inner Self. Only, your personality knows very well that when he comes with all kinds of new stuff, he is likely to get your full attention, and it can be very tempting for you to not enter into it fully and forget all this "remembering stuff". The more you focus on "new" (and that may include moving, another relation, redecorating your house etc.) the more likely it is that whatever you have chosen will occupy your mind for the next period of time.

So consider the option of staying with "boring" and "familiar", and face the challenges that are hidden in there: face the feelings that will arise from it, and use them to become more aware of all the things that your personality has tried to hide from your awareness, and make space for the remembrance and strengthening of your inner Self. And you have all the time in the world to do this, as your personality has nothing at hand to distract you.