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Bjorn, if you only work 4 hours a day then you can't be very exited about the work you are doing. This is another issue. If in pursuit of avoiding burnout you deny your own creative urges then that will also hurt. When in create and construct mode I often work long hours for several days because you have to put a lot together before you can test your design and you want to do this quickly. This is not burnout, it is a much needed release of creative energy that leaves me feeling well. I have not driven myself hard I have just not been able to resist taking the next step on the adventure. It is like reading a good book. Any fixed timetable will prevent me from having those creative binges and also deny me the opportunity to recover from them. I know full well that I can't work like this all the time. You can't spend all your life reading good books either.
It sounds like you have made a correct and decisive decision to avoid burnout. That is good especially if you have a family. I am only suggesting that you have work days and relax days rather than doing a regular bit each day. I find that the only rhythm that works for me is the rhythm that happens. I enjoy several days of working and I enjoy several days of not working.
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I have found this particular magazine's article to be relevant, and would be useful for you:
Visit www.jw.org ; go to the magazines section, look for and read/download the September 2014 Awake. That issue of the magazine deals with the topic you raised.
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Hi bjourn, I found d direct link.
www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201409/
Wish you the best.
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My post is in regard to your symptoms, rather than the concept of burn-out. I often have the same feeling: a feeling of mental dullness and a vague sensation of a fly walking on my head. I haven't seen a specialist about it yet, but in my opinion it is from lack of blood flow to my brain -- a lack of glucose and oxygen and a build-up of the byproducts of metabolism. A drink of water, eating, exercising and deep breathing seems to help, as does meditation or doing an activity that uses a different part of my brain -- something involving feeling and movement rather than reasoning. I know that I tend to have low blood pressure, and I believe that is a factor.
I found a book in the library that you might find interesting. It is titled "Preventing Alzheimer's" by William Shankle and Daniel Amen, published in 2004.
Good luck.
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Visual Studio 2010 on my laptop has suddenly developed a major problem. I don't mind stopping debugging to edit a line of code, but now have to close VS completely to restart the solution! Otherwise, F5 is useless, giving an error message that the file is being used by another process!! If I could just write perfect code the first time, this wouldn't be a problem, but I'm not that good...yet! Good thing it's almost time to quit!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Format C:
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Thanks! It is about 50% done now...that may just do the trick!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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ahmed zahmed wrote: Format C:
format c: /q /y
quick format without user interaction.... And why don't we have an evil maniacal laugh icon?
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I get that when I'm debugging a .net component that loads a C dll like hunspell. I wish I had a fix because it is a complete PITA when I make changes to that component.
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Did you try turning it on and off again?
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That can happen sometimes. Turn off Visual Studio hosting (vshost) when debugging.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Thanks Rob, that did the trick!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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If you want vshost on while debugging, just everytime you run it, open task manager and close/end "solutionName".vshost.exe under processes before the build completes.
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I wonder..., after Windows 9, will Microsoft release Windows A?
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What'r'ya? Canadian?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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You betcha!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I would prefer X, but I guess that's already been done!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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They're going to start naming them after...well not animals, maybe beer?
Windows Carlsberg has a certain ring to it, no?
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Shirley, given their locale, it would be coffee-based beverages.
Mobile versions could be "short", laptop versions could be "tall", desktop versions could be "grande", and server versions could be "venti".
"Americano" would have IE pre-installed.
"Kona" would be good for surfing.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Windows 10 has the code name Etch-a-schetch.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Are you sure I was pretty sure that is Windows 8
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And for those on the go we have this[^]
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Please don't joke about it (there were several Dilbert cartoons where Wally replaced the pointy haired bosses Tablet with an Etch-A-Sketch...)
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Please don't joke about it (there were several Dilbert cartoons where Wally replaced the pointy haired bosses Tablet with an Etch-A-Sketch...)
An upgrade eh?
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Yup!
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