1. Put a hard stop to overtime. If that meant I wouldn't be employed after I told the bosses, then I would find another job. 2. Alternating months of skilling

1. Put a hard stop to overtime. If that meant I wouldn't be employed after I told the bosses, then I would find another job. 2. Alternating months of skilling up and chilling out. Not even a code kata or fun side project on the down time . 3. Exercise. Can't stress this enough. Living in a cubicle, fishbowl or private office 8 hours a day means you are sitting around too much. Granted with WFH from the pandemic has opened the possibilities, but get out and start walking, running, cycling, or swimming. It was great for my mental health. 4. When you are ready to fall in love with code again find a topic that really inspires you and run with it. Everyone's passion project will be a bit different but it can be easy to despise code if you have a meaningless corporate enterprise code base. Work on what you love and if your job doesn't fit then put your focus on finding a job that does.