I know dozens of people who are in a similar state right now, following the November 2025 moment when Claude Code (and Codex) got really good.
I wouldn't worry about it just yet - this is all very novel, and there's a lot of excitement involved in figuring out what it can do and trying different things.
If you're still addicted to it in three months time I'd start to be concerned.
For the moment though you're building a valuable mental model of how to use it and what it can do. That's not wasted time.
I wouldn't worry about it just yet - this is all very novel, and there's a lot of excitement involved in figuring out what it can do and trying different things.
If you're still addicted to it in three months time I'd start to be concerned.
For the moment though you're building a valuable mental model of how to use it and what it can do. That's not wasted time.