I can imagine seeing a lack of activity in your life as a cup half-filled with water. One one hand, it's awesome for those who needed a break from overwhelming work. On the other hand, the boring aspect of it can be so overbearing that you lose all your thrill. As of now, I'm writing this because I'm really bored and I have nothing that I want to do. As a result, I have been bingeing Netflix, YouTube, and all the good shows out there.
Boredom is also a painful feeling because it can stretch over a long period of time. Nowadays, I'm busier so I get the feeling a lot less, but as a kid, I surely had many, many times where I would just lounge around the house looking for things to do because I was so bored and out of it.
Obviously, I played games and watched entertainment, but at some point, that stuff gets easily jaded over time, as well. It's like that "Suite Life of Zack and Cody" where Zack and Cody wanted free time more than anything. But later, of course, when they magically transport to a dimension where nothing matters and they can do anything they want, they find the freedom to be overwhelming and that's due to the responsibility of taking care of themselves.
In fact, it's not hard to imagine why people may choose to have less freedom in some aspects of their lives; because like all things in life, people desire a balance. For example, when given the decision to choose between options, psychologically speaking, people prefer to have fewer options because it makes the decision a lot easier and quicker. Ironically, having more options is what gives you the better-judged conclusion at the end.
But that would also be considered a case of an overload of freedom. Having the freedom to choose anything from a pile of alternatives can be a huge responsibility and something that's also easy to mess up. So too little freedom can be suffocating while too much freedom can also be overbearing.