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Comment on Ask HN: How do prolific programmers go about their daily lives?

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- Work only on what you want, when you want to (as a rule, exceptions have to be made) - No TV, no (general) news - No kids, no girlfriend - Socialize mostly around projects (not neccesarily dayjob related) There are some tradeoffs to the above, one could say. Staying healthy is also a challenge.

But don't worry about 'being one of those people', just try to do what like/love. And if you don't know what that is yet, find out!

But there are some simple tricks without much drawbacks. One of them is to write/publicize everything you do. Don't consider something done until you've released and documented it.

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