👋 Hey there, I am Waylon Walker
I am a Husband, Father of two beautiful children, Senior Python Developer currently working in the Data Engineering platform space. I am a continuous learner, and sha
Taking a break can save you from big-time burnout. Learn your body, know when it's time to push out 14 hour days of amazing 🌈 , and when it's time to scrape by a 5 hour day putting out the most important 🔥.
The challenge I had was getting up to take a break and stretch my legs. I spent a lot of time getting my WFH setup and now it's too comfortable. What I ended up doing is getting a large water bottle so I'm forced to get up and use the restroom. I found that taking the needed restroom break(s) gives me a chance to disconnect and re-evaluate the task I'm working on.
For me one of the most importent lessons as developer was:
Do never ever become obsessed by the problem, or the piece of cake you want to bake. If you stuck into something it`s mostly the best to teak a break and relax rather then digging deeper and deeper into the cake and lost the whole day into the nirvana of problemthinking! ;-)
I'm a full-stack developer with a passion for building beautiful and accessible UI. Everyone has a place on the internet, and it's up to developers to keep it that way.
As a chronic workaholic - I experience relapses quite a bit and have to remind myself of this kind of stuff. I also find that time tracking is my best friend - being aware of when I'm spending too much time on a task gets me in gear.
Taking a break can save you from big-time burnout. Learn your body, know when it's time to push out 14 hour days of amazing 🌈 , and when it's time to scrape by a 5 hour day putting out the most important 🔥.
Thanks for the great comment :)
Learning how to say "no" is certainly one of the bigger challenges.
absolutely
The challenge I had was getting up to take a break and stretch my legs. I spent a lot of time getting my WFH setup and now it's too comfortable. What I ended up doing is getting a large water bottle so I'm forced to get up and use the restroom. I found that taking the needed restroom break(s) gives me a chance to disconnect and re-evaluate the task I'm working on.
Great tactic, even those small things can add up and help you a lot!
For me one of the most importent lessons as developer was:
Do never ever become obsessed by the problem, or the piece of cake you want to bake. If you stuck into something it`s mostly the best to teak a break and relax rather then digging deeper and deeper into the cake and lost the whole day into the nirvana of problemthinking! ;-)
As a chronic workaholic - I experience relapses quite a bit and have to remind myself of this kind of stuff. I also find that time tracking is my best friend - being aware of when I'm spending too much time on a task gets me in gear.
Thanks for writing :)
Thanks for your comment :)
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That's work! :D