| Some ideas... > 2 years ago I had a child Build little games and toys using JS and Raspberry Pis, or focus on spending quality time with them showing them Italy - collect bugs or leaves. There is probably a lot of overlap between what you know how to build and what a kid would love > I am home all day long and I do not find enjoyment for what I do anymore Do something else. Get into skateboarding or surfing or hiking or biking. Action sports can be done solo and have a built-in progression system, it can be addicting and it's nice to have a physical/active complement to your tech/computer side. It will open up more communities to you and give more content to your life, you'll meet new people too, some friends, some not! It all adds more spice to life though. > JavaScript Has been stagnant lately, especially with the rise of AI. This leads to my next one: > I will be replaced by AI Help AI replace you and then sell your solution to the AI companies, because they're actually nowhere near replacing people and the industry needs technical help bad. The JavaScript ecosystem could use a lot more AI tooling, even if they're just wrappers around Python libraries, or more examples of building LLM-based apps in JS. As someone the same age as you, with also the same number of years of professional experience, I've found the AI/LLM trend really refreshing and interesting compared to typical full-stack dev, which is so corporate and boring now. TLDR: You seem bored more than anything, yet it sounds like you're overall taken care of and living in a pretty awesome location. You have a lot to be grateful for considering how many people are roughing it, and you have a lot in your life already that is exciting and that you can work with - you just can't see it. If you don't have coffee normally (in Italy yeah right) try having good coffee in the morning, or try a psychedelic to help you see things anew, sometimes we just need to be reminded of who we are, what we're doing. |