walking home if possible. Some time ago I figured that I need around 45 minutes to completely disconnect and refresh from an intense day of work.
Ask HN: How do you deal with after work fatigue?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you deal with after work fatigue?
#32You may not be getting enough sunlight (Vitamin D).
It is very common in such professions.
Re: Ask HN: How do you deal with after work fatigue?
#33I'm surprised nobody has brought this up yet: Do you actually enjoy your current job? I find that if you don't really enjoy what you're doing, you end up living in this perpetual state of stress. And while that stress might be small at any one given time (minor annoyances here and there), because you're working for 8+ hours/day, it really adds up. Bodies aren't meant to be chronically subjected to cortisol (stress ho…
This. Cortisol is the enemy, so anything you can do to bring down the cortisol will help decrease that tired feeling after 8 hours of work. That means doing three things programmers aren't well known for: eating well ("close to the farm" as my grandfather put it), exercising and sleeping at night. Vitamin C and Omega-3 are supplements that supposedly help with reducing cortisol in the short term.
Re: Ask HN: How do you deal with after work fatigue?
#34There are some things you might want to investigate with a doctor. 1) get your thyroid levels checked. 2) sleep apnea. 3) possibly anemia 4) stress 5) etc After that advice is around sleep hygiene, then food and exercise, and stress resiliance
Good list.
For me it was at least in part apnea ... still working on number 4.
I'm <160 lbs, 6 feet even, and diagnosed @ 29.
It's not just for the 50+ community.