I found the key to fighting boredom is just to stop being impatient
I know that sounds like when someone tells a person with depression to " just cheer up "
but it worked for me
i lowered my expectations and changed the way i play
i do what others mentioned
i go hard on tournys
and i've been putting most of my KP in AWs
i hit sorcs a couple of weeks ago and so far i only finished one research and built one settlement building
i will put kp into another research but will hold off on completion in case another event comes up that requires "research one technology"
also, i must say i've been enjoying all that free space i have
it really made the last event easy