
- when I arrive home with fried brain and anxiety all over me, unable to focus or do anything besides laying on the couch and watch Friends again and again
- when I eat junk food and have no energy, but too tired to work out, even though I know I’d feel better
- when I think about small workplace conflicts and tasks that are really not important but somehow seem unsolvable, even in the evening, even waking up at 4AM
- when I promise myself that it’s only one day, only temporary, only until the end of the week, the end of the project, the end of this month
- when I feel bad all the time because I’m stuck with all the important things and self-development and learning and being healthy and taking care of myself
- when I try to break the cycle, only to slip back at the first stressful day
- … and when I remember how much worse it used to be before, when this was the normal, not the exception, and feel grateful for a second
- … and wake up just once with motivation, drink that perfect cup of coffee, go for a run outside, do something cool with Javascript, feel like part of a real team, and snap out of it