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Discussion on: What is the most challenging part of your daily work that doesn't involve coding?

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imrj

eating garbage, not preparing meals, eating the easiest junk to grab.....

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Doing meal prep in batches on days where you are less busy, and finding a handful of dishes that you can easily assemble from a handful of base ingredients you keep stocked goes a long way.

It is hard to build the habit, but pays off greatly when you can stick to it, and is easy to follow once you find a repeatable menu that works for you.

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I know man, at the root of it is stress and lazyness....i can feel when am more distressed doing something simple feels like moving a mountain... Stress is our biggest enemy on this field

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These books might help:

(They are all available as audio books if you don't have time or energy to sit and read, and they're all helpful)

But based on their ideas, and as a suggestion for one tiny step you could take on this, think of one very simple healthy snack you could pack that'd take almost no effort to prep. Could be an apple or a banana. Or a small thing of veggie sticks or whole wheat crackers and some hummus.

Start having that as a snack whenever you're hungry first, before going to grab junk. See if that helps get you started, and build from there.

The better you eat (and the easier you make it), the less stressed you'll be.