Without knowing what you know it's hard to say anything more helpful than those.
Edit: Looking at your HN history, I see you have asked a lot of questions - one per day for the last month - with topics like "Who's doing some c64 stuff?", "CoffeeScript or ClojureScript for writing a game in JS?", "Best server log viewer for Mac?", and the statement "We're planning to release a product for Agile/Scrum professionals, magnetic, erasable story cards that you can use on your Kanban whiteboards."
I get the feeling, perhaps wrongly, that you are using HN as your personal advice board, rather than learning how to research things yourself.
That has nothing to do with an alignment of anything.
According to your questions, you are working on a lot of things, from C64 to BDD and Kanban, from genetic algorithms to photo backups, etc. For examples, "I bucket-listed a simple game dev project for myself and looking for inspiration", "Genetic Algorithms side project? As a hobby, what would you build?".
Don't think you need to be inspired. That's a great way to failure. Just start doing it. Don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to see, or even care about.
If you are in a depressed state, and unsure about what to do in life, you are not alone. My experience is that many people are that way. The best approach I know of is to talk with people, in real life, about it, or to start doing things you want to do without worrying about long-term goals. There is also professional advice for these matters - which can surely provide more helpful feedback than replies from HN strangers like me.
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[ 25.8 ms ] story [ 714 ms ] threadWithout knowing what you know it's hard to say anything more helpful than those.
Edit: Looking at your HN history, I see you have asked a lot of questions - one per day for the last month - with topics like "Who's doing some c64 stuff?", "CoffeeScript or ClojureScript for writing a game in JS?", "Best server log viewer for Mac?", and the statement "We're planning to release a product for Agile/Scrum professionals, magnetic, erasable story cards that you can use on your Kanban whiteboards."
I get the feeling, perhaps wrongly, that you are using HN as your personal advice board, rather than learning how to research things yourself.
Three months ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8187802 you wrote that you are 35 years old, have recently switched jobs, and "feeling like I'm home."
35 is not a mid-life crisis.
One of your HN questions is "Sorcerer, mage, wizard, magician, what's the difference?" You also asked it at http://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/50672/sorcerer-mage-w... .
That has nothing to do with an alignment of anything.
According to your questions, you are working on a lot of things, from C64 to BDD and Kanban, from genetic algorithms to photo backups, etc. For examples, "I bucket-listed a simple game dev project for myself and looking for inspiration", "Genetic Algorithms side project? As a hobby, what would you build?".
Don't think you need to be inspired. That's a great way to failure. Just start doing it. Don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to see, or even care about.
If you are in a depressed state, and unsure about what to do in life, you are not alone. My experience is that many people are that way. The best approach I know of is to talk with people, in real life, about it, or to start doing things you want to do without worrying about long-term goals. There is also professional advice for these matters - which can surely provide more helpful feedback than replies from HN strangers like me.