Title: I&#x27;m a technical writer in his late 20&#x27;s working remotely for a company based in New York. My background is in software development, but I took this job because at the time it was easier for me to find work as a technical writer than as a software engineer (and because I saw technical writing as close enough in spirit). I started the job this past fall.<p>In a nutshell, I&#x27;m dissatisfied with how my life is going. I can&#x27;t galvanize myself to do anything. I&#x27;m on the clock right now, and here I am complaining about my life instead.<p>I don&#x27;t give a damn about my employer, or the product it makes. I can&#x27;t get interested in it. I can&#x27;t get excited about the tedious parts of my work, and I can&#x27;t even get excited about _automating and eliminating_ the tedious parts of my work.<p>And it&#x27;s not just my day job. I&#x27;m ostensibly working on a game on the side, but I haven&#x27;t touched it in months. I&#x27;m not even sure I want to continue it, as I&#x27;ve been working on it for years without being able to fulfill my goals for it. And this is coming from someone who got into computer science _because_ of video games.<p>Things that used to bring me joy...don&#x27;t, any more. All I really look forward to these days is getting high and playing video games or watching Seinfeld reruns each weekend. And even that barely tickles my fancy these days! There&#x27;s a game coming out this week that I <i>should</i> be excited for (because I love the series it&#x27;s part of), yet I can&#x27;t even galvanize myself to purchase it.<p>I can barely even open my IDE at work, as it greets me with dread where I once found joy and ambition.<p>Also, I have ADHD. This is probably relevant, but I haven&#x27;t quite figured out how.<p>I&#x27;m pretty sure I&#x27;m not the only person here who&#x27;s ever felt like this, so my question is this: *if you&#x27;ve ever been in this kind of rut, what was the nature of that rut and what did you do about it?*<p>Also, one thing I&#x27;d like to clarify: I&#x27;m not suicidal.
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