This isn't a new phenomenon. There seems to exist a difference between someone who codes for the sake of coding (perhaps it relaxes the mind?) and someone who

This isn't a new phenomenon. There seems to exist a difference between someone who codes for the sake of coding (perhaps it relaxes the mind?) and someone who codes to make other things. As the other guys have mentioned, there's a lot of valuable nuggets of info you should look into. I especially liked the part about seeing coding as a means. Code to get somewhere, and if you find a tool that is better and more convenient than writing code, use that instead. There is actually a school of thought (hopefully I'm not alone in this) that sometimes sees writing code as a matter of no progress. For the last 60 odd years (or more) people have been "writing code" and it makes you wonder why this is still so necessary for the "basic" stuff we try to do. For example: Why do we need to write and re-write code to build the internal CRUD business applications? You should also consider taking up another hobby to relax your mind from coding (especially if you don't enjoy it), otherwise the worry about it will just fatigue you physically and mentally.