[superasn]

I think this happens to almost everybody who loves their job and the way I've made my peace with it is by making a distinction that this part is my job that I do to make a living (usually repetitive work I may not necessarily like) and this part is what I do because I like it.

So like Google's 80/20% formula I keep one whole day when I work on something that has no purpose without an guilt.

Anyway, For me working with new technologies and working on ideas related to things I find cool. Some recent projects include creating a serverless framework (1), a delphi app that toggles my monitors for my sitting / standing desk, or making side projects like this (2), etc.

Also I find that using repetitive music really helps me get into flow a lot faster. I've found this really weird music genre called "epic aggressive modern hybrid-orchestral music" that really makes me forget everything else besides the work I'm doing.

(1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16552325

(2) https://www.exercisemix.com