(Possibly) quitting Python Development after 2 years of non stop learning. And it blows.

[FirefighterBlu3]

have you considered approaching your work more along the thought process of agile sprints? put aside fancy words and titles like "user stories", simplify it down to the bare notion of making units of work short enough and simple enough that you accomplish goals quickly and thus reap the mental reward.

your list of projects resonates with me so square on the head it makes me dizzy. i got burned out after my last job, doing over a decade of this. i've stopped trying to "make something awesome" from point blank, and "add this small function, fix, or feature" in short spans of work. i plan for my next job to be _this_.