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Josh Hadik • Edited

Love this post!

Here's my addition:

Take a Day Off

I don't know if this is a problem for all everyone here, but for me, between work, online tutorials, and side projects, it's easy to let programming consume large chunks of my 'off time', including weekends and holidays.

I've found that forcing myself to take one day a week completely off from all forms of coding helps me avoid burn out, and get back into the grind the next day with more focus and energy.

So I try my best to take every Sunday off and give myself some much needed r&r