If you have time, try another style of coding. CRUD and business coding can get quite tedious, especially under artificial pressure, for example to hit arbitra

If you have time, try another style of coding. CRUD and business coding can get quite tedious, especially under artificial pressure, for example to hit arbitrary management deadlines, which just fuel resentment. Try writing a game in a new language. If you have kids, teach them to write a game, while learning yourself, eg in something simple like lua. For me, programming 'in the small', optimizing loops for example, is much more satisfying than modeling complex or byzantine business systems with sprawling code.