𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸'𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆

Tech moves fast. Deadlines stay tight. Production issues never stop. If you do not set boundaries, work fills every hour of your day.

Burnout is cumulative. Missing one weekend is fine. Missing a weekend every month ruins you. Working extra hours for a few weeks is okay. Working extra hours for a year breaks you. Burned-out engineers work slower and leave sooner.

You must decide when to stop. Do not say "I will work until I finish." Pick a specific time. It might be 5 PM or 7 PM. After that time, do not check Slack. Do not scroll through GitHub. Stop.

Constraints create efficiency. If you must stop at 6 PM, you prioritize. You skip useless meetings. You delegate more. You stop wasting time on things that do not matter.

If work remains at your stop time, that is data. It means you have too much on your plate. Do not work more hours to fix it. Talk to your manager. Reprioritize the list.

Your brain wants to solve problems while you eat or sleep. You need a transition period. Write down unfinished tasks in a journal. Go for a walk. Do something physical to shift your focus.

Many people work long hours on things that do not matter. They handle interrupts instead of real work. They attend meetings about meetings. Ask yourself: does this task impact the business or the user?

Sitting at a desk for eight hours straight makes you slower. Your brain needs breaks to solve problems in the background. Stand up. Walk around. Look away from your monitor.

You cannot learn new tech on top of a full-time job and a personal life. You must choose. Allocate time during work hours for learning, or accept that progress will be slow.

Managers often do not know you are drowning until you quit. Tell them. Use specific language: "I work 55 hours a week. This is not sustainable. We need to prioritize projects or hire more people."

Do not cut sleep or exercise when busy. A rested engineer does more in 40 focused hours than a burned-out engineer does in 60 scattered hours.

The goal is not to work as little as possible. The goal is to have energy left over. Use that energy for your family, your hobbies, and your health. When you have energy, your work becomes better.

Source: https://dev.to/lavkeshdwivedi/you-cant-escape-works-gravity-332j

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