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Lisi Hocke on the challenges she faced the past few months during the pandemic. At the end of the post, she gives a few list of recommendations you can try to prevent a burn out.

Read more [www.lisihocke.com]

Tighten employees share encouragement for anyone struggling through the pandemic.

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Zander Nethercutt provides some great insights in the mechanisms in play that can lead to burnout.

When we see long weekends and think “work before play,” when we see Friday nights and think “sleep before clubs,” when we see escalators as accelerators and not opportunities to “just take a second,” we’re nothing more than hyperrational prisoners making a decision that would be inaccurately characterized as a dilemma because the answer is obvious.

Read more [medium.com]

Eric L. Barnes explains what Computer Vision Syndrome is, and what you can do to avoid it.

In no point in human history have people been staring at bright screens just a few feet from their face like they are today. Computer vision syndrome or CVS (not to be confused with Concurrent Versions System) is one side effect to this, and it’s affecting millions of people.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health reports computer vision syndrome affects about 90% of the people who spend three hours or more a day at a computer, which means almost everyone in our industry is susceptible.

https://laravel-news.com/2016/09/computer-vision-syndrome/

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Yiannis Konstantakopoulos, a designer at Porcupine Colors, wrote an excellent piece on workaholism.

Workaholism is often confused with hard work. Some people who work on the Web seem not only to disregard its dangers, but to actively promote it. They see it as a badge of honor — but is it really? On the contrary, it’s a serious issue that can damage Web teams.

Before we get started, let’s make one thing clear: A “workaholic” is someone who is addicted to work, someone who is out of balance and out of control. Their addiction can make them work for 12, 14 or even more hours a day, every day. No weekends, no vacations, just work. Soon, they neglect their family, friends, health, sometimes damaging them all irrevocably.

https://medium.com/@porcupine/dealing-with-workaholism-on-web-teams-d6e156d82a08#.jyzawevsb

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Jack McDade, creator of Stamatic, designer of several Laravel ecosystem sites, on his blog:

I’ve been playing video games again. I feel fantastic and my head is clearer than it’s been in a while. Here are my thoughts on the topic and why I think video games are important and not even remotely a waste of time.

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