To add what little I can to this, I recently found myself in this position myself. My job and my hobbies (unfortunately) correspond (too) closely, and while I had projects for work, I no longer felt the same drive. Get it done, out the door, and out of my hair, and good riddance-and don't ask me to do it whatever way was easiest for me, because for a while, I stopped caring. In some cases, I even started to feel discouraged, such as when I looked at my postings here and saw how poorly they seemed to compare to other postings, or tried to read the code of others.

I still consider myself as recovering, but what triggered the start of this process was getting a chance to see a guest speaker at the June meeting of the perl group closest to my location. To be honest, I found the talk fascinating, and the speaker's enthusiasm for perl infectious.

I guess other than that, I have tried to walk away from the computer once in a while, tried a module or two just to see what they did or to see if they might help with something I might need to do, and have started going out from time to time just to do something different (in my case, to try to learn to play pool, among other things).

I hope your recovery is successful, and I look forward to the comments and suggestions of others, as I assume it to be a common, if personal, affliction.

In reply to Re: Inspiration comes to the inspirable? by atcroft
in thread Inspiration comes to the inspirable? by simeon2000

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