[balaji1]

I do feel the decline as I get older. A few reasons I believe are the reasons -

- Too much information overload. I consume way too much info and infotainment that are not core to my life or work.

- Not having enough time and bandwidth to work on a project. Life has more competing priorities. And lot more admin work in life - especially in the US where you cannot outsource anything - physical or mental chores.

- Also agree with your last theory to an extent - or at least accepting my limitations more now instead of trying to "self-improve" everything. We are all led to believe we need to be a supreme individualist generalist. There is no community or mentors to rely on.

- Expectation of perfection on everything. So stuck without much progress.