Comment by cmrdporcupine

Welcome to the start of your mid-life crisis. :-)

The other way to spin this is, maybe you've entered a phase in your professional career or technical interest phase where novelty and maybe "climbing the ladder" are potentially less of a motivator for you.

Now you can focus on more important metrics like: shipping products in the best designed way, putting technology stack choice aside for the sake of what works and what is maintainable. Or having a happy team that works together well.

The industry needs more of us measured, calm, and dispassionate middle-aged folks, not less.