Small Office Home Office (SOHO)
I've been working from home for the past 5 years and I LOVE it! I suppose that after working in Corporate America for 24 years, same company, I was so sick of all the politics, the brown-nosing (not me but watching others sniff their way to the top), that I said I'd never go back.
I really don't get bored for a few reasons, (1) I love plants and horticulture so I'm always surrounded by plants, and these plants add so much life to the home; (2) I have other interest such as freelance article writing, astronomy, spirituality, that I combine with my writing, and it never gets dull, and (3) there are free wifi spots all over the place; for a change of scenery, once every couple of weeks or so, I'll take a cyber field trip, if you will, and work from Starbucks, or Buffalo Wild Wings, or Panera Bread. This breaks the monotony of working from home.
When you're working from home you have to create the most exciting SOHO atmosphere possible, even if it means having a wall-mounted plasma 20-30 feet from your desk so you can occasionally watch TV while you work. My office is combined with my den (2 separate rooms but closed off from the rest of the house), lots of windows, plants everywhere. I have framed pictures along the bottom of one wall in my office that includes pictures of Joe Namath, Doug Williams, Gayle Sayers, Michael Jordan and Magic dueling in the NBA finals, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, Jerry Rice and Tim Brown, Marcus Allen, the late Jack Tatum standing over the Viking WR that he had just laid-out with a vicious hit (a classic photo), Derek Jeter, and Serena Williams ..
I'm never bored .. give yourself other things to do, that way when you take a break, you have your hobbies right there to keep your mind sharp. Also, step out every now and then with the laptop. When I go to Buffalo Wild Wings for example, it's never crowded because of the time I go; most people are at their brick and mortar, 9-5 job, so after the lunch hour traffic (which is not much) there are very few people there, and you can just relax, do a little work, watch Sports Center on the big screen, flirt with the waitresses .. it's all good !