The predictable life vs. a life of variety

I was reading one of R.A Salvatore's books the other day and in a sort of journal entry one of his characters brings up an interesting observation about the lives we lead. This is probably not the case for everyone but it is something to consider when you look at your own life's ambitions. People live their lives trying to avoid changes or get through them quickly and move past them. They want to reach a point of routine and predictability in their lives so that they can feel comfortable and settled. Once this comfort is achieved Salvatore points out that people often find that their life is boring. Now obviously there are tons of factors that can play into this to make it hard to set this as a law of human nature or anything. Some people will certainly maintain a life of variety and always make new things happen in their life, while others will be perfectly content with the predictable life they have worked towards. It just got me thinking that maybe we spend a lot of time working towards things that we might not really even like. I guess that's all the more reason to try and be sure of what you want, though how to do that I can't be certain.

On a related note. I think some of us secretly like interruptions to our plans. When things like car trouble, jury duty, holidays, vacations, getting sick etc. come up we often put off other things that we intend to do or that we know we should do. I wouldn't say that its from laziness that we secretly enjoy the opportunity to put those things off longer, I would attribute it more to being unsure of what will come of those things. To clarify those things would be stuff like, getting a job or a new job, getting more involved at church, serving the community, pursuing relationships with friends and family, dating, exercising, studying, whatever. This thought just occurred to me so don't put too much stock in it, but I would encourage you to give it some though. Do you think you hope to attain a life that is set in routine and comfortable or will you always want new things to be happening and curve balls to come your way. Also, do you feel like a small part of you appreciates things that interrupt new undertakings because they serve as a sort of excuse that is out of your hands?