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Jacob Martin
Jacob Martin

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Getting my groove Back

Finding my groove back to coding after a long break has been one of the toughest challenges I have faced in my tech journey. However, thanks to self-discipline and adopting positive habits. Gradually coming along & pulling myself together.

Here is how I do it

   Planning for your day – You can not be a master of all. Planning helps you approach your tasks in succession. You achieve greatness when you allocate time and effort to accomplish the task you had a plan on achieving.
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  •     Work Out – When you exercise, your body releases chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins trigger a positive feeling in the body and elevate your morale to tackle your day bugs. Go crush it and if possible work out in the morning.
    
  •     Set Realistic Goal – The landscape of web development is ever-changing. It is therefore important that you discern between learning new frameworks vs having strategic career goals, for example, Technical goals, job goals, or community goals.
    
  •     Take breaks – It's very important to take breaks when coding. In my case, I can focus on a certain thing for about 30-40 minutes.
    
  •     Meditate - Reflect on your coding journey. This is important in setting realistic goals and achievable targets. Remember this is your future, you have to see yourself in the future if the practices you are doing now will eventually get you to it.
    
  •     Work on projects you are comfortable doing – Start that side project that you never did earlier, contribute to open-source projects or build that portfolio you never did, but start working with what you are okay with    
    

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