[zabzonk]

I find it a bit scary too - I simply cannot write programs anymore (mostly motivation, I think) though I'm not conscious of decay in my other mental functions. But I suppose those poor people that go wandering off into the night would say the same sort of thing.

[Jean-Papoulos]

So you think that it's mostly a lack of general "stamina" for actually doing things, over the lessening of abilities to do things ?

[zabzonk]

> a lack of general "stamina"

I guess so, particularly the "getting started" problem - I don't even like to think about setting up a project or dev environment.

[chmod775]

> I don't even like to think about setting up a project or dev environment.

That's a strong burnout indicator/symptom (or maybe you just don't enjoy it anymore), not necessarily something age related.

In fact plenty of people seem to fill their days with more work as they get older, where their younger selves would have chosen to do as little as possible.