I basically lost my hobby (writing desktop applications) by turning it into a profession.
I successfully compensated that with game dev. I started writing little games, working on game engines, and tinkering around. I'm pretty happy with that now. I guess that happens to a lot of people when turning your hobby into sth. you do for your living.
And I also realized that humans are simply not made to sit 12+ hours a day. (Count the work time + spare time). So some kind of activity is recommended, I guess.
//Edit: However, it took my quite some years to figure out why I hadn't fun coding Desktop applications in my spare time any longer...
I successfully compensated that with game dev. I started writing little games, working on game engines, and tinkering around. I'm pretty happy with that now. I guess that happens to a lot of people when turning your hobby into sth. you do for your living.
And I also realized that humans are simply not made to sit 12+ hours a day. (Count the work time + spare time). So some kind of activity is recommended, I guess.
//Edit: However, it took my quite some years to figure out why I hadn't fun coding Desktop applications in my spare time any longer...