A boring job gives you time to think. About life, the universe, and everything.
Moving forward though, I think it makes sense to keep a degree of unscheduled and flexible if I want to just try something new for fun.
"The Cybertruck is tougher than an F-150 and faster than a Porsche."
This kind of diet-is-temporary thinking is a recipe for disaster. Because as soon as the diet ends, so does your progress.
But the stranger, more distinctly unique, more weirdly YOU your passion is, the more it will reward your travels.