Hi, everyone has times they have to take a few steps back from developing software or new ideas... the creativity is gone and even looking at the developers notepad is like staring into blank space.... anyone else recognize what I'm talking about? 
Developers burnout
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@Vampier: Know what you are talking about. On my side of things add that I always have heaps of ideas floating around that I can make for Windows, Linux and the web, and then my passion MSX. The non-MSX ones could make me money, but been there done that - commercialism is not for those that don't like stress. MSX development is for fun, but I still find the previous stress stopping me from proceeding. Newer languages have made me lazy, assembler is a lot of work, but I think the important thing is to embrace the total control that you have. But yes, burn out happens, and I think the best thing is to take a break and do something different - play games, read books, post on the forum and just leave the code until you feel the hunger to have another go. Just personally completed the final level of Star Craft II myself, which gives a sense of accomplishment and might get me back to the MSX code again
Yeah, I hear you. I always have a bunch of different projects going at once, so my first tactic is to see if I feel like working on any of them. After that, I'll try working on one of my music or art projects. If I'm really not in a creative mood, I'll just screw around and play games until I am 
@Vampier: No, I can't really regognize your problem... For me it seems that my head is always full of ideas to test and things to do, but there is no such amount of time in this world that would be enough to do all that... Worst part is that the problem tends to get worse every time you actually do something because you always get new ideas while you work on old ones.
I'm with both sides here - although I do get a burnout from time to time, I do have many ideas and projects to do, and after a short break (sometimes a good night of sleep, or a cooling shower, or just going out for a while), I'm back again at the game
It's very hard if you have a lot on your shoulders, and somtimes it's just too much work (not msx-related) that burns you out. But then again, programing on MSX is joyful, and sometimes can even take the burnout feeling away
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