I ended the day discouraged and had a hard time switching from 'work mode' back to 'family mode' and 'real-life mode.' I was like a zombie strolling around the house.Īdd on top of this the snow we got during the week that kept us all cooped up in the house. I had put in many hours and was at that point mentioned above where I 'just need 10 more minutes' (most of the time if you just step away for 5 and come back, you will solve it in the next 5!!). I had a number of projects that had been drawn out over the week and needed to be completed. In addition, sometimes we get so close to solving or completing a coding task that we just have to keep going, even though you know you're mentally exhausted. Yet sometimes work can take over our lives if we let it.

I'm 36 so I am at that age where its becoming a necessity, not a fad. Now I try to run a couple of times a week and I try to eat fairly healthy. I experienced this firsthand over the past two weeks. But it also takes a toll on your physical health, so much so that you must become proactive in cultivating healthy habits, physically, in order to succeed, mentally. Coding can be mentally taxing, I know you would agree.

Daily coders