For us, the key to staying sane at a startup is hanging out with a different social circle often; ones outside of the tech/startup world. I really should have

For us, the key to staying sane at a startup is hanging out with a different social circle often; ones outside of the tech/startup world. I really should have done this sooner rather than later when I first moved to Ottawa. Currently living with seven others from the same incubator, in an estate right by the Kanata tech park where not much goes on for a twenty-something. It’s very hard not to get engrossed in just startup and software development (design in my case) culture and this has been draining me for the past few weeks. Finally getting my act together and breaking off from the pack to do random things (BarCraft, training for Spartan Race, techno music festivals, etc.).