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Re:Minds Turned to Ash: Burnout is more than working too hard by cyberferret on Saturday August 06, 2016 @07:24AM (#12237757)
No, actually I LOVE programming and creating new stuff with software too. Sometimes the cure for impending burnout for me is just to start another quick side project. I did that recently. Spent 4 months single handedly building a SaaS HR app, and when I felt myself losing my energy, I spent a weekend writing a small & simple side app project that integrates with the main app.

It worked in that I felt re-energised to tackle the main app again after that.

There are days though, that I cannot bear to even look at a computer screen at all, and those days, I take up my guitar or another activity to focus my passion on...

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