Feel like I’m losing my passion/hobby and its making me feel horrible
I love programming. It’s literally been my life since middle school on top of math and physics. I have tried and tried again to make projects and enjoy it everytime. I’ve been working on a Gameboy Emulator in C as I just graduated college and want something to do as well as get a good portfolio project for my resume. My hobby IS programming especially systems level development.
However, something changed today. I just couldn’t work on it. Actually I couldn’t work on it all week. And it’s because I had a realization that anything I do that I enjoy that I can show off that I think is cool is immediately discredited by other’s use of AI to make something in a week whereas I take.4 months. I hate it. I hate AI. And so I feel like I’m losing my passion and its making me sick to my stomach brcause I don’t know what else to do. I play video games and also play guitar and produce music occasionally, but in all honesty I’m not a very creative person and technical/logical/scientific stuff was always my thing. I don’t like gardening, I hate woodworking (though I tried it for a bit), don’t like pretty much any other hobby other than games music and reading. But programming has always been MY thing.
Now it feels as though my identity is being destroyed by my realization and it makes me feel horrible. Idk if I’m just overthinking or temporarily burnt out or what. But I really don’t have the time to waste either as my girlfriend graduates soon and I need to get a job within the next year so I can quit this bumass maintenance job I’m working right now.