[perpetualBurnt]

I'm a software engineer. I can move to a different company, and I have done this in the past, but I don't think that I'll be content. I can't remember the last time I got excited about something, or, was so interested in something that it kept me up late at night (and not just work: anything). I'm assuming that my general lack of enjoyment of everything stems from burnout.

I've lost a lot of friends during the course of this, and when I think back to the time I've lost from only half-heartedly being involved in my code, I get frustrated.

[PeterWhittaker]

Do you have hobbies? Do you exercise?

If not, especially the latter, start. I'm not saying you are going to enjoy it. In fact, you might hate it. But do it anyway. Find an intense exercise that gets you sweaty and gets your heart rate up a little, without requiring a lot of investment and without putting you at risk.

Be disciplined about, even if you hate doing it at first. I suggest making it part of your morning routine.

What do I think the end result will be? Well, not that you will enjoy either your work or the exercise, in fact, you may have no emotional involvement in either. But I expect that neither will bother you as much and that eventually you will smile at a bird or sunset or an attractive person, then you will sign up for a course that you've always been curious about.

If you are stressed, there are two basic ways of dealing: Reducing the stress Vs increasing your tolerance for stress. Exercise intensely regularly, as part of a routine set of habits from which you rarely deviate, and you may increase your tolerance, and with any luck will eventually getting to the point where you give a job a glowing "meh".

It becomes the thing you do to afford the things you want, you neither like it nor dislike it, and eventually you find something else, about which you are excited.

(I recommend squats. They are easy to do, intense, require no equipment, and you can self-regulate easily. Start with one, every 30 minutes while you get ready in the morning, neither too deep nor too shallow. Aim for adequacy, not perfection. Then make it two. Then three. Slowly get to where you are doing more. Then eventually add more. Today was a no-exercise day for me, so I did 50, as fast as I could. Sweaty and out of breath and ready for anything. (I started with 5-10 a few months ago, slow and steady.))

[perpetualBurnt]

I do exercise, every day. I am in good shape, and stay that way.

I do not have hobbies, because I don't really like anything. Trust me, I've tried quite a lot of things... but nothing seems enjoyable enough to stick with it. And I could force myself to stick with it, but, at that point its just work.

[chanachor]

Ever consider that you may like to be someone else's personal trainer or maybe partner with a few trainers and open up a cross-fit place?

I was in the same boat a few years back, I had an amazing job with great pay but wasn't happy. I had to force myself to give up on certain fun/costly activities so I could save even a little bit at a time. At some point for me, it was more about trying different things while I still had money coming. You seem to be having an early mid-life crisis! Might want to consider a career coach or a life coach, sounds strange but, there are some sites that offer great options like https://www.pivotplanet.com/

Good Luck!

[weddpros]

Advice: research "ericksonian hypnosis"

Please forgive me if I'm brutal...

"I do not have hobbies": you're on HN... some call it a hobby!

"I don't really like anything": you probably like talking (you're here), software (who can write code without passion?), exercise (you do it every day!)...

"Trust me, I've tried quite a lot of things": the world has something for you. Find it.

"nothing seems enjoyable enough to stick with it": what would you do if... if you had that money, if you could do anything you want, if you could do something knowing you'll succeed anyway?

[Spoom]

"I don't really like anything"

Have you considered that you may be depressed?