I think it's worth looking back at where you came from. When you're young and naive it's easy to push yourself to work 70 hours a week doing something because y

I think it's worth looking back at where you came from. When you're young and naive it's easy to push yourself to work 70 hours a week doing something because you have a goal in mind. Maybe its money, prestige, or just a sense of accomplishment, but you buy into the idea that if you just keep on going and push through the pain, you'll be happy when its all over. Eventually you get older and wiser and see that's not true - maybe one project is a slog that just never leads to anything, or maybe you put your heart and soul into something and are just left empty afterwards, or maybe those few extra hours of exertion just cost your body a lot more now and a reward that once sufficed no longer does. People talk about burnout like you're a battery that is designed to be drained and recharged, but you're not. That shitty feeling is not your body asking for a rest, it is your body saying you need to make some deep fundamental change. In my experience, it's much easier to learn to be good at something you enjoy than it is to learn to enjoy something you're good at. It's okay to not enjoy programming like you once did, find and do what you enjoy now.