| I've been where you're. It's maddening. Everyone is recommending you find what you truly love - that sounds good and all, but life is not that simple (you got to make a living for example - what you "love" might not provide for your family) and more importantly there's no guarantee you'll love it forever or even next month. It's sound advice but it can get you chasing the highs (what you love) forever. The issue might not be with what you do per se - perhaps its depression or unhappy environment (relationships, coworkers, job, family etc) or hormonal imbalance of some sort manifesting itself via work. What has helped me is paying close attention to & managing depression. It's a multiplier for me for sure - I try to put in as much miles as possible on the good days (before she cometh again). Also doing a reset (whatever that means to you) once in a while also helps... a trip to Cuba a couple of years ago helped me get out of antidepressants for example. @Rury mentioned psychology of flow and it reminded me of a book called Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [0] - it's a little dated but it was helpful to me. Also checkout The War of Art [1]- it's basic but sometimes it's the reminders you need. Good luck. You're not alone - my contacts on the profile if you want accountability partner of some sort. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117101.Flow
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14653803-the-war-of-art |