I recognize myself in his comments as well, and I thought the exact same thing when he said the burnouts are back. Just like the status log from a zombie movie.

I recognize myself in his comments as well, and I thought the exact same thing when he said the burnouts are back. Just like the status log from a zombie movie... "Day 24: subjects seem to be exhibiting odd behaviors. getting bitey. not sure what's going on..." I still have a day job, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of running a blog + small product business on the side. I think you're on to something with your Thing #1. Meditation has helped me too, but I don't think it has really stopped the burnout/boredom problem -- but I also haven't been very consistent with it.