I don't think I want to do graphic design anymore - burn out
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Dude I hear you. I used to love design when I was in college. I designed things I thought were cool, and in my mind I got to a point where I was doing them pretty well. I drew influences from everything around me. Architecture, gritty streets, magazines, apparel, the web, etc...
But as I became older and saw the same trends overused and abused I started to become sick of it. Everyone was doing the exact same thing. Most design is a just a commodity now. Maybe it always was, but when I was just a young punk I was naive to it and it all seemed exciting and "cutting edge" to me.
But at any rate, in conjunction with design I have always enjoyed web development, so over the years I've simply gravitated more to that field. I still design website interfaces and layouts, but no longer do any print work, logos, etc... That stuff just doesn't interest me the way it used to.
In some ways I've actually become kind of anti-design. I often just see it as cheap wrapping paper covering what I'm really after: content. I've gravitated towards a more minimalist aesthetic over the years because I've started to feel like design just doesn't matter as much as I used to think it did. Obviously things have to look "good," but I no longer incorporate "design" just for the hell of it.
Sorry, not sure if this is "advice" per se, but maybe it'll help to at least know you're not entirely alone.