It's not the material, it's not you. It's the rest of your life. You have to find a way to recharge. I didn't do that for too long, and my grades dropped. M

It's not the material, it's not you. It's the rest of your life. You have to find a way to recharge. I didn't do that for too long, and my grades dropped. My GPA dropped by 50%. I finally took a semester off. I traveled. I got out of the grind and away from family and work and actually tried to explore life a bit. <i-am-obviously-projecting> When you're young and out of high school, you're mostly trying to figure out who you are independent of your parents and upbringing. Sometimes being out of your folks' house for a while and not figuring that out leaves you empty. </i-am-obviously-projecting>. After that, I made recharging a normal part of my week. I gave myself a small music budget (a new album a month, that can't be top-40), looked into other activities (martial arts, motorcycling), and made a point to study different sub-topics of computer science at different times. The same classes that were boring me out, I read their textbooks on the train to work.