[knicholes]

I just did this, and surprisingly it really did help. I started playing "Satisfactory." I found the little successes of progressing felt like when I succeeded at writing a nice clean function. I think the rut, for me, was caused by constantly changing requirements and having no feelings of success.

[Comevius]

That's why prison, large companies or just life in the 21st century can be so bad, humans need to be able to feel that they have an impact on their environment.

But it works the other way around, if the game becomes the primary means of satisfying those needs you are going to have a bad time.