Your hours make me cringe. Is it possible for you to get to work earlier and get off earlier? I personally find myself much happier when I am arriving in the of

Your hours make me cringe. Is it possible for you to get to work earlier and get off earlier? I personally find myself much happier when I am arriving in the office between 7:30 - 8:30. Other than that trust me, giving up your life wouldn't help anything. People in small towns have 'loads' of stress. Those bus-drivers and photographers barely make ends-meat and they work just as many, if not more hours than you do. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; until you realize you just stepped in a cow-pie. You mention having a bad back; try finding a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu studio; it will definitely help your strength and is more low-impact at the beginning grappling stages (look for a smaller studio). Make sure you tell them about your back and they should help you work on it and will make sure you aren't being hurt more. Give up open source; at-least scale it back for awhile. You need to be worrying more about you when you're this worn out. -Don't- give up that girlfriend.