Sometimes getting out of a slump is like overcoming a hangover (which I consider to be a slump). For me, the worst thing I can do for a hangover is to let it settle into my body. This means, as soon as I wake up, I just swing my feet on to the floor. I don't allow myself to think about it, just do it. Then, I ingest things that I know will be good for getting rid of it. My personal regimen is soda water or seltzer, with a lime wedge, V8 and if I'm still feeling it, a banana blended in some milk (but no sugar!) and if that doesn't work, a little bit of booze. Then, as much physical stuff as I can handle. Swimming is good.

Boredom, or a rut can be overcome somewhat the same. Instead of drinking things to give the body fluids and precious vitamins and proteins, as AlderaanDuran mentioned, read books. Books are designed to capture imagination. I would go a step further though. I would read things and then try to think of how they applied to my problem, as I saw it.

Then, the other part of getting over it is, just put your feet on the ground and start doing something. Anything. Sometimes wandering around is the best way to start having an adventure.

A friend and I were studying abroad and we finished up our coursework early. We'd agreed to travel together, but had no real plan. All in all, it looked like a somewhat boring week. But, we got to the train station with no destination in mind, until an announcement came over the loudspeakers saying that the train station would soon close because people were going on strike. So, we quickly looked at our options and decided to go to Spain. One of the greatest weeks of my life.

In Madrid we hadn't booked a hostel, so we wandered around until we got to Plaza Real and once there discovered that it was some kind of field trip day and there were hundreds of Spanish high school girls in uniform. We found a cool little place to have some drinks and eventually found a hostel where we met an Australian girl doing a gap year and ended up going out all night with her. On the dance floor of some club I danced with these girls from the Canary islands and had a blast. On the way back we got lost and found a playground where I tried to go down a tube slide and had to back out because there was a homeless guy sleeping in it.

Do stuff, interesting things will happen if you do enough. Don't over think it.