> I had some free time this weekend, when I realized I could do anything, but there was nothing I wanted to do. First of all, I think this is not so unusual fo

> I had some free time this weekend, when I realized I could do anything, but there was nothing I wanted to do. First of all, I think this is not so unusual for people who are very good at focusing on a particular problem area. See the cliché of the absent-minded professor. If you are constantly thinking about the same area, whether the issues are difficult or not, you cannot hope to just turn this off and immediately find something else appealing. My primary advice is not to search for something new you want to do, but to apply an indirect strategy: Establish a weekend routine were you try to force any work-related thoughts out of your mind from Friday evening till Monday morning. So if you find yourself thinking about work at the weekend, stop that train of thought immediately and force yourself to think about something else, whatever that is. Do this a few weekends in a row and see what happens.