Solo dev working from home here - my main lifehack is that I don't have a car. That means when I need to do shopping, I have to walk to the shops & carry it ba

Solo dev working from home here - my main lifehack is that I don't have a car. That means when I need to do shopping, I have to walk to the shops & carry it back, enforcing a minimal level of exercise each week. Since I can't carry as much as a car could, I have to walk to the shops more often. (When I do need a car, I use Uber or Uber Black.) I allow myself to eat fast food / McDonalds whenever I want - but if I want it, I have to walk the 3km / 2 miles each way to get there. That gets me walking & out of the house. I also take my laptop and work from cafes often, or work outside in a park to get sunshine. Joining a gym is a great idea, and when you have enough cash saved get a personal trainer. You might need to go through a few trainers to find one that you click with. Right now I'm a member of a 24-hour gym & workout at night when I have the gym all to myself, great alternative if you're shy or feel socially anxious at times. I'm hesitant to recommend hacks, but I do have some URLs permanently blocked on my router and have used Mac apps like Concentrate [1] and Vitamin-R [2] to help me focus on work. Try RescueTime [3] if you need to identify which sites you should block. I love my Herman Miller Aeron [4] chair (helped with back problems), a Bosu [5] is amazing for doing pushups / crunches / plank at home, I use the hotspot on my Nexus 5 so I can work at cafes & parks, and I wear my Bose QC25s at the gym with a Spotify running playlist to get about 10 - 20% extra speed out of myself. (But you don't need toys & hacks, self-discipline & self-motivation is more important.) [1] http://getconcentrating.com http://getconcentrating.com [2] http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/ http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/ [3] https://www.rescuetime.com https://www.rescuetime.com [4] http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/performance-work-chairs/aeron-chairs.html http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/performance-wor... [5] http://www.bosu.com http://www.bosu.com