“You’re curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you’re waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.”
–– Author unknown

I believe I read this exact quote in an xkcd comic (it is: http://xkcd.com/267/ which would make the author one Randall Munroe, one of my very favorite people on the internet
true story.