Presuming you’re in software, what could work is looking for remote gigs, losing location dependence and moving out at least for a while (there may be options i

Presuming you’re in software, what could work is looking for remote gigs, losing location dependence and moving out at least for a while (there may be options if you’re willing to be frugal). Freelancing marketplaces can get you usable leads—there is junk that can be identified with practice, but there also are respectable customers (at least on Upwork, in my experience). Monitoring opportunities, diving into new subject domains and writing proposals is a different activity compared to just creating software, but it’s possible to switch contexts every now and then. It could help if there’s someone you know whom you can cooperate with, perhaps on flatshare and/or consulting work, but IME the above can be feasible alone. I can understand the difficulty of living with parents. In my case the nature of gig work (ups and downs, having to hustle plus the necessity to pay rent), change of scenery, distance from the old social circle of family and school acquaintances were factors that somehow correlated with me gaining the will to keep doing things without always feeling like there’s no point to it.