Lacking Motivation

[Mad Genius1]

Playing a lot over the past couple of weeks has led me to realize something. I play poker for three reasons now:

1. I am greedy.
2. I am bored.
3. I am addicted.

Up until a couple of months ago I enjoyed playing short-handed games at 50/100 and above because I believed the players to be extremely tough and the challenge of beating them always made playing fun. Now I am back to 6-tabling Full Ring 25/50 because the swings were too crazy, and while I'm making good money, motivation to play is gone aside from wanting to make money and wanting to kill time on days when I'm bored and don't have much to do. It is almost habitual, whenever I'm on my computer I'm either playing poker or at least have tables open.

How common is this among high-stakes players and how do you learn to deal with it? I've seen, talked about, and analyzed enough hold'em hands to a point that no spots intrigue me and no games are intellectually stimulating. And I don't really like the idea of playing solely to make money, but on the other hand it won't always be around and the money is pretty good.

So...is it worth it? How do you deal with issues like this?