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Exercise. After Covid I had a long period of time with low focus; I slowly recovered spending on average more than 30 minutes per day cycling (quite intense) for about 6 months. Walking may also help, I think in my case the combination of disconnecting + exercise made a difference. During cycling I was never thinking about work. In the winter I do pushups and lift weights, it is something I can do at home, it is also exercise and time off. It takes less than 30 minutes per day in total, in several rounds over 3-4 hours; my coffee break is now a pushups break.

I also noticed that I can write good code only 3-4 hours a day at most and not every single day. Luckily for me, I am not a developer, but the highest concentration and productivity can be achieved and maintained for relatively short periods of time, not 8x5.

Alcohol does not work well. It helps disconnect, but constant alcohol intake leads to even more alcohol and health problems.




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