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I find that while my 'dayjob' programming saps my willpower, the same activity for my sideprojects refills it right up. I firmly believe that you need downtime
by kilian 16y ago
I find that while my 'dayjob' programming saps my willpower, the same activity for my sideprojects refills it right up.
I firmly believe that you need downtime though. Between my dayjob and my sideprojects I always take an hour or so to play, watch television, read or anything else that doesnt take much brainpower.
- c1sc0 16y agoThis phenomenon has everything to do with intrinsic motivation. When you can decide yourself what to work on, you can be orders of magnitude more motivated & productive. Dan Pink's Drive is a good book to learn more about this stuff.