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Yashu Mittal
Yashu Mittal

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Developer. Life. Work. Pet. Balance

No doubt you are a developer, that's why you are here. πŸ˜‚

But...

If you have a pet animal, how do you keep a balance between your life/work/pet.

My story

I have a pet dog 🐢 name "GUGU" (he is quite naught) and I am still struggling in keeping a balance between life/work/pet.

Playlist: Gugu | A Dog

What about you?

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Ben Halpern

I'd imagine that Gugu could really help work-life balance by the way that he forces you to consistently get out of the house and go for walks. Only a good thing.

Gugu will probably be easier to deal with once he's older, eh?

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Yashu Mittal

Going for a walk is a good thing.

Gugu will probably be easier to deal with once he's older, eh?

Well, I doubt it. I know him very well and by looking at his habits I don't think so... (rest you understand) πŸ˜‚

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Rodrigo Nonose

I have two siberian huskies.

They keep me out of the house (since I work from home), physically active (they have a lot of energy) and helps me socialize with strangers since they're rare where I live and quite cute.

They actually help me keep balance between work and life. Granted they occupy most of the life part of my day, it's been awesome.

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Yashu Mittal

No doubt, dogs are full of energy.

But when I go out with my dog he (GUGU) immediately start run after everyone which makes hard to socialize with strangers.

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Rodrigo Nonose

Well that sucks :D

I was able to socialize mine early (with humans), but one is very anxious around other dogs, so it's hard to socialize with other dog owners.

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Yashu Mittal

True πŸ‘Œ

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ItsASine (Kayla)

My cat bites my mouse hand if I don't play with him, so that keeps me off the computer a bit πŸ˜†

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Yashu Mittal

That's nice.