Programmers have a tendency to carry around, in their mind, their last programing challenge. In some ways, it's like always being at work. I advice people to fi

Programmers have a tendency to carry around, in their mind, their last programing challenge. In some ways, it's like always being at work. I advice people to find a hobby. One That they can use to focus their mental energy away from programming. It can be anything but you have to be able to work on it and only it for a while. Your goal is not to make it an obsession but a way to relax. During the Olympics there was a diver that used crochet to relax in-between his dives as away to reduce the pressure of the competition. As a programmer you can do the same thing. But pick a hobby you truly enjoy.