I make continual notes about my work, progress and thoughts into a private chat group with just me. This makes it more fun to be productive. It gives me a chro

I make continual notes about my work, progress and thoughts into a private chat group with just me. This makes it more fun to be productive. It gives me a chronological evidence of actually doing stuff, and it's also a place to get things "off my chest" or clear my mind of thoughts that I can't act on immediately. I do spend a lot of time reading stuff, and maybe I should tune it down and replace some of that time with relaxation, meditation, or something... but also, surfing the web is literally work, it's research. Absorbing large amounts of info about tools and techniques is a huge part of what makes me useful as a system developer.