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It's okay to code on nights and weekends
Rethinking the balance between coding passion, life, and maintaining healthy boundaries.
The key is cultivating what researchers call “psychological richness”: having variety in experiences and perspectives rather than intense focus on any single pursuit for too long: all our endeavors have an expiration time, or if you speak engineering, a . When I hit a wall, instead of becoming frustrated at myself or my equipment, I’ve learned to recognize that this is time for some psychological richness: I’ll message my friends and family and see how they’re doing, which will usually result in sharing a meal together and enjoying them. Pay strong attention to warning signs: decreased ability to psychologically detach from work, reduced sleep quality, elevated stress levels, declining social connections, and adjust where needed.
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