Little things
Was doing bit of reading up on programming today and came across this article on a page related to something i was looking up: http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/09/avoiding-or-recovering-from-burnout/
And I stopped to think "do I really want to be programming right now?" and the answer was no. I've had a few days or weeks lately where I did indeed not feel at all like programming but forced myself to anyway. I almost felt it was unnatural or wrong for me not to want it and never thought I might be contributing to my own burnout. So I dropped what I was doing and came outside to enjoy the fantastic weather and to type this while listening to some of my favourite tunes.
The truth is, I do love programming and I will feel that urge to do it outside of work again. And I do feel that sometimes I miss out on other things because I'm throwing myself full force at some project or other.
And I stopped to think "do I really want to be programming right now?" and the answer was no. I've had a few days or weeks lately where I did indeed not feel at all like programming but forced myself to anyway. I almost felt it was unnatural or wrong for me not to want it and never thought I might be contributing to my own burnout. So I dropped what I was doing and came outside to enjoy the fantastic weather and to type this while listening to some of my favourite tunes.
The truth is, I do love programming and I will feel that urge to do it outside of work again. And I do feel that sometimes I miss out on other things because I'm throwing myself full force at some project or other.
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