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I am 38 and more or less in the same shoes, but strangely, I don’t feel like this. Maybe what helps is setting goals. True, I spend mostly time at work and with my family, but for example I have a small goal of making a microcontroller-driven toy for my younger son (I am an electronics engineer). So every day I spend time working on it. I also have time left for reading my fantasy books and even spend time with my wife. On the rare occasions when I/we meet new people I avoid talking about work. I try everyday stuff (boring or not, boring is just a social construct) and/or books. If it doesn’t work, I don’t give a dime if the person found me boring or not. :) Maybe this comes with the years. When I were single and without too many obligations, the only different thing from now was that I was traveling and hiking a lot. Now with the family we try at least 1 time in every 2-3 months. This really recharges my batteries and removes the social anxieties.