Ask HN: How to you optimize output while not burning out? Earlier in my career I pushed myself to my limit, with not much care to not burn out; now I feel I can sustain productivity without being consistently past that overcommitment line - a subjective measure. The hardest part to me is having a clear shutdown routine, especially in days I did not fully solve whatever I set out to solve. And this seems an order of magnitude harder nowadays with AI. How do you all manage this? Any resources? |
> Manage your energy, not your output. You have a finite amount of energy per day and you get to decide where to use it.
This is a great way to put it. And this captures what was wrong in my way of thinking about it.
- Introspecting and simply taking a break before brain fog arrises - Organizing the daily schedule according to my best focus hours, not pushing hard when the energy levels naturally go down
> Now there's always one more prompt to try or one more iteration to make.
This comment is also great, not sure why it got downvoted.