I'm starting to hate my 10-step routine

Been doing Kbeauty for a few years now. The layering, the ritual, all of it. Used to feel intentional. Now it just feels like another task at the end of a long day.

Essence, serum, ampoule, moisturizer, eye cream, sheet mask three times a week. I'm standing there at 11pm wondering if any of this is actually doing anything or if I'm just too scared to stop.

I still believe in hydration and gentle ingredients. But lately I've been questioning how much topical products can realistically do, especially as I get older.

randomly found one article while looking into this and the framing around skin being revealed not created stuck with me a little. Not sure if it's just good copy but it made me think differently about the whole approach.

Not looking for product swaps. More curious has anyone else felt this way, and how did you get back into it?