I feel you. It's not quite the same thing of course, but I'm supposed to be starting to write my thesis manuscript now. The good news is I'll be able to do some

I feel you. It's not quite the same thing of course, but I'm supposed to be starting to write my thesis manuscript now. The good news is I'll be able to do something new and exciting afterwards, but for the 6 months or so it's going to take, it's really an exercise in despondency. I feel as if the interesting, innovative bit has already been done, and now I have to type up the literature review, the proofs, etc. etc. I can hardly get up in the mornings, but anyway, it's for the Greater Good...? Probably mild burn-out. Anyway, this isn't very motivating, but if you're not tied down to your job and you have a small amount of cash lying around, I would say: go and travel! You should be able to get by, and at your (our!) age this should be easily justifiable afterwards (i.e. "the hole in my CV was time off to travel and figure out my priorities" -- older users who are in a position to hire people, is this realistic?).