A similar thing happened to me a few years back. I seriously considered changing careers, and decided not to renew my contract.

I decided to try work on an idea some one suggested a while before. I ended up eventually launching an iPhone app, and really enjoyed the experience (I work as a backend engineer usually). About a month later, someone called about an interesting project, and I’ve been fine since then (although working on different projects).

So the two tips I have are 1) build something for yourself or 2) learn something new and get a job in a different language/environment (it’s a big field).