Great write-up. I pretty much agree with everything Sam said. I'd add one caveat about working out though. Be sure to monitor your fatigue the next couple da

Great write-up. I pretty much agree with everything Sam said. I'd add one caveat about working out though. Be sure to monitor your fatigue the next couple days after a workout. It's surprisingly easy to overdo it, and feel lethargic/foggy-brained for a day or so after working out too much even if you have got enough sleep and are eating right. And it's easy to dismiss it as something else - not enough sleep, not eating right, etc.. Drink lots and lots of water. Many people are dehydrated, don't know it, and it has some nasty side effects. Look into taking magnesium supplements. I believe there was a study that most people are magnesium deficient and magnesium is a great, natural "chill pill". I need to start making informal lists a daily ritual. I kept on thinking that I needed to find the perfect note taking app, but I've started just creating a file for each day in a folder in drop box. It's not even a list file, but whatever I happen to be thinking about. I'd still like to find a killer note taking app, but that will do for now. Analysis paralysis (or fear of making the right choice) is a big productivity drain. Manage fear by tackling low-hanging fruit. As an example, I've been wanting to clean up some code of mine for a while, but fear breaking things and going down rabbit holes that I don't to go down (forget the tests for now). So instead of digging into core business logic, I work on just moving some startup code into modules where I know they should belong. This (hopefully) diminishes because it'll typically either work or not, without heisenbugs creeping around. At least doing something like that gets you going in the right direction and in a mindset of taking on bigger tasks. I'm not hungry at breakfast too and I tried the intermittent fasting and while sometimes it worked great, most of the time it didn't. So these days I try to eat some protein mid-morning. I actually try to delay caffeine intake until I reach the mid-afternoon blahs, making sure to not intake too late in the day. Naps are awesome. Five minutes will do wonders. Even closing your eyes and almost getting to the point of going to sleep helps. I tell Alexa to set 5-10 minute timers.