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Discussion on: How do you shift between the coding mindset and other head spaces?

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Robin Kretzschmar

Like many others in the comments here, it applies to me too, that I need to change something physically to change my mindset.

To shift from work to private, I mostly need to:

  • get up from my desk
  • leave the office (also for home-office)
  • have a chat about none-work related things with someone
  • get some fresh air
  • switch laptops to not get "work feeling" again.

To shift from private to work, I mostly need to:

  • remember the previous day (short rundown) to get on track again
  • check my phone one last time so I can leave it alone the next hours or so and don't have the feeling of missed messages
  • turn on some good music (depends on my mood)
  • discuss something with my collegues to get my mind started (sounds crazy but helps a lot sometimes)