Programming for a living may take some energy on that level right out of you. I am in a similar situation and currenty trying to find an interesting project for

Programming for a living may take some energy on that level right out of you. I am in a similar situation and currenty trying to find an interesting project for myself. I think it is just natural that you lose interest if all of a sudden you spend the whole day programming. Especially if you have to do bigger portions of trivial work..