> I think the author's real issue is with the psychology of trapping yourself into feeling you must work at every moment and feeling guilty if you don't. I wou

> I think the author's real issue is with the psychology of trapping yourself into feeling you must work at every moment and feeling guilty if you don't. I would say that you need to grow as a person at every moment. This includes sleeping, walking in the park without thinking about work, learning themes unrelated to your professional occupation (humanities are great for software engineers), spending time with good people, and of course meditating. There are almost universal time-wasters though, especially if you spent enough time with them in the past – online and other endless games, most of the movies and TV series, arguing on the Internet, etc. When you have a subtle feeling that you have experienced it before – it's time to quit.