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You're likely at a career inflection point where passion isn't going to cut it anymore. Passion and motivation are fleeting and unreliable emotions. Realize that what your employer is asking you to work on isn't going to align with your interests. You likely are seeing patterns of how organizations function (or dysfunction), patterns in what you're being asked to build, and technology trends cycling their way back into the fold and it all feels the same, right? That is just how things go - I've spoken to people in other fields and they observe similar patterns.

Its like playing a video game with a leveling system and you have an aha! moment where you recognize a grindy pattern from the past has come back and are sick of it. The difference here is your employment is directly linked to being able to eat, etc.

Be more disciplined, put in the hours, slog through the work and also be more disciplined about stopping the work when the day is done and taking vacation or time away to recharge. Discipline is something you will need to build up but is much more reliable than waiting for passion or motivation to stop by (they still will). Find hobbies or interests outside of computing/digital things.



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