Burnout: After 5 years, ı'm done.
look guys i have been in this game for about five years now but that old spark is just gone i used to love staying up all night in after effects obsessing over curve adjustments and making sure every single keyframe was perfectly synced now it just feels like another chore on the list back when i started every new effect or technique i discovered would fill me with this massive drive to push myself further but lately even moving the playhead across the timeline feels like a heavy weight i have to drag the satisfaction i used to get while hitting the render button has been replaced by a simple sense of relief that it is finally over maybe i have put in too many hours or maybe the cycle of doing the same styles over and over just burned out my motion designer soul or it could be that classic burnout when a hobby turns into a career and loses its magic i do not know but for me this is no longer a form of artistic expression it is just a mechanical process i am curious if anyone else is going through this is there a way to get that initial passion back or is this just the end of the road for me