It has been a bit of a torture
In a previous job I was only working in Queensland - but back then that involved constant "revolving" shift work. IE spending a week or so doing early shifts 6a-2p, then a week of 2p - 10p, and then 10p-6a, and then start all over again. That was horrid too but not as bad for me personally as what jetlag does to me! In that previous job I got a role for several months that involved standard hours, Mon to Fri. It was an amazing period. I would get up at dawn and go to the pool for laps before starting work each day, I would do gym stuff every evening, and do a long run every two days. Felt amazing. I am now into the first two weeks of a similar period - no long haul flights for at least a couple of months. Trying to make the most of it, and see if I can sort out a longer system where I can reach some sort of balance.
Until 2010 I had never understood FF programs, etc - had no status - but then discovered AFF. I seized on the whole thing as a way to make travel so much better. In my first year of AFF membership I got so far as to do such things as a BNE-SYD-HNL-LAX-DEN-DFW-ORD-MIA-PTY-BOG-MDE-BOG-PTY-MIA-DFW-SEA-LAX-HNL-SYD-BNE, just to get up to WP asap. And at the time it was new, I had a mission, and I loved it.
And as addictive as I am, WP then was not enough, and I spent the next few years chasing LTG, etc. Took it as far as having top status with three different airlines. Fun fun fun. After LTG I then just made sure that I flew the best I could, but also maintaining P1, as I do really enjoy that status. Bought fares during DSC promotions a couple of times that in the end I didn't need to re-qual anyway, and spent 2018 exploring carefully what P1 status even meant for me.
So this is how I got to where I am now - no longer in love with status, no longer in love with constant flying, and attempting to change my world to restrict time "lost" from my life whilst flying. BTW, yes I know that to some it can sound like a whinge when you don't even appreciate J travel, but I am blooming 2m tall and that makes that precious thing of sleep hard even up the front.
Maybe, like many things in Life, a good break will reinvigorate the love. I will discover this.