Ask HN: What do you do when you've lost motivation at work?

Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you've lost motivation at work? by julianusti on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @01:36PM (#14258100)

Which is almost impossible when you are geek or even worse - software entrepreneur aka. startup founder. I feel like we lost something very important in our lives when the computer has been invented.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you've lost motivation at work? by davelnewton on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @03:01PM (#14258966)

Couldn't disagree more. Under those circumstances it's critical to maintain the big three. Even if you're working 16-hr days having reasonably healthy food, doing some form of exercise between pomodoros, and resting is doable.

I'd argue it's the most important thing you can do in order to sustain that level of effort for any amount of time. You can't take care of anything else if you don't take care of yourself, physically and mentally.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you've lost motivation at work? by cryptarch on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:18PM (#14258548)

I think it's especially doable as a programmer. You only get ~5 productive hours a day, so why not take a long lunch break and do some exercise in between?

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