You should take a sabbatical right now.
I had a similar bored moment who rapidly turned into a destructive burn out situation that almost destroyed both my relationships and my reputation as a good developer.
When started showing depression symptoms I took care of the situation and made some changes in my life.
- I resigned my job;
- I convinced my wife to join me in a 3 week retreat in the woods w/o phone, tv and internet. Just books, wine and conversations.
- I took a really long vacation period away from keyboard/internet (sure, you won't lose the next big thing if you turn off a few weeks - the internet, HN & Reddit are always recycling their contents)
- I went to some US universities just to hangout with people, I managed to know a bunch of nice people just hanging near the MIT campus and even visited a couple of labs.
- I started taking small weekend-trips to places that I've always wanted to visit but never had time.
- Managed to get a new job with amazing people.
- Adopted a crazy Dog.
Now I know I'm still not 100% but every day I fell better than yesterday.
I had a similar bored moment who rapidly turned into a destructive burn out situation that almost destroyed both my relationships and my reputation as a good developer.
When started showing depression symptoms I took care of the situation and made some changes in my life.
- I resigned my job;
- I convinced my wife to join me in a 3 week retreat in the woods w/o phone, tv and internet. Just books, wine and conversations.
- I took a really long vacation period away from keyboard/internet (sure, you won't lose the next big thing if you turn off a few weeks - the internet, HN & Reddit are always recycling their contents)
- I went to some US universities just to hangout with people, I managed to know a bunch of nice people just hanging near the MIT campus and even visited a couple of labs.
- I started taking small weekend-trips to places that I've always wanted to visit but never had time.
- Managed to get a new job with amazing people.
- Adopted a crazy Dog.
Now I know I'm still not 100% but every day I fell better than yesterday.