I can understand that some people feel this way, but it still shocks me how common this feeling is.
I feel the complete opposite. I used to spend hours reading and figuring things out on my computer, but since AI I can't wait to log off and get back to the real world.
I’m creating so much stuff. Music, games, candles, laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, and then a whole platform of test and CNC infra underneath it all.
If I had a thousand years I don’t think I’d finish everything I want to build.
But I kind of miss the gym, the outdoors, just… reading. It’s just so hard to disconnect when there is always some agent/project just waiting for the next bit of guidance.
I’m sorry to say, and I say this without any judgement and as someone who can relate, but you’re describing yourself as an addict. You don’t have to pursue all those projects. Most to all of them don’t matter for anything except getting you your temporary “fix”. I understand it feels hard to disconnect, but that’s a purely psychological barrier, the physical action (not doing something) is tremendously simple.
Try to tie everything back to the things you, at the root, enjoy, and to build in time for them, not just the things that enable them.
we have a bizarre emperors-new-clothes situation where one of the business managers keeps loudly telling everyone about the grocery list app hes "made" (vibe coded). other managers set him up as one of the presenters during a monthly dev show-and-tell we get to collaborate and discuss novel software dev stuff. the dev who runs this meeting capped the managers presentation by saying, "this reminds me of the first assignment i had in my coding bootcamp." woosh, went over the managers head
it seems like a chain where the loudest are getting rewarded for accelerating their ignorance. maybe things will swing back around but im hedging against that bet