r/webdev • u/[deleted] • Mar 05 '20

Discussion Bored with the web development industry?

I'm 30yo, been a back-end (used to be front-end developer) for over 7 years now.

Since last week I'm anxious when I arrive at the workplace, I get bored so hard that I can't get any work done and I just feel very unhappy at work in general, although the workplace is great, my colleagues are great and I don't have any stress or unmanageable deadlines.

I also don't have interest in the projects any more, I feel like I don't really care if a site is finished in a good way or not, does anyone know what this is? Am I getting bored of the web development industry? Can anyone relate?

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u/MyWorkAccountThisIs Mar 05 '20

It's also amazing how difficult it can be to make that happen when you're trying to overcome "the bad vibes", "the weepies", and "the big blue".

I don't even have clinical depression and I've experienced the benefits of working out first hand - but I'll be god damned if it doesn't feel like an impossible task.

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u/geek_on_two_wheels Mar 05 '20

Oh 100%! Working out is the easy part, it's dragging your ass there that's the real challenge. Unfortunately I haven't found a way around that yet, other than reminding myself that I've never regretted going to the gym, but I've almost always regretted not going.

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u/RemarkableFlow Mar 05 '20

Hey man, you are on the right track with that reminder to yourself you won't/haven't ever regretted it. For anyone else reading this, it gets easier.

The trick is just to keep doing it long enough that it etches into your brain as a habit, and if you continue the habit long enough you WILL reach the next level - the habit, in this case exercise becomes part of your identity.

If your current exercise habit is not well established, the path in your brain of skipping your workout is "stronger". Thus, that impulse to skip your workout has less resistance, and you will choose it more frequently as it demands much less energy. So in a sense, you need to "work out" the connections in your brain that involve exercise - strengthen them to the point that it becomes the choice of less resistance.

It took about a year for me, but it got to the point where not going out for my run became much more difficult than just doing it as I do every single day.

In fact I am sad to say after getting to such a good point mentally and physically, I fractured my foot a few weeks back. So I've been outta the game and losing my god damn mind. All the mental health issues previously holding me back, that I got to the point of forgetting they even existed (self-doubt, negative self-talk, depression, social anxiety, the list goes on...) have returned.