I've been using Drupal for some time and have been a bit frustrated with how it takes a lot more work to do things the Drupal way than if I were writing custom code from scratch. Sometimes I spend the day not coding, but just searching for the right solution to weave my idea into the drupal flow. This has led me to think of moving back away from Drupal into something that allows a lot more creativity. But I also don't want to go back to writing custom PHP from scratch.
So I'm thinking a possible solution to this dilemma is to go somewhere in the middle and use a framework. I've done some research and Symfony is looking very sweet right now.
But I need some input from those who may have experienced what I'm experiencing right now. Am I making the right decision? What are the good things that Symfony offered you that a CMS like Drupal didn't.
Please say whatever comes to your mind. And thanks for your feedback.