Do you have any hobbies where you make things with your hands? In particular, something that would require your full focus and attention to complete (or to simply not lose an appendage).
The activities I do (or have done) that leave me physically exhausted also gave me a welcome mental break from the information addiction. Among those sewing, welding (check your community college), gardening and currently, roller derby and deadlifts. Other things to think about would be private pilot's lessons (or skydiving), and climbing. I know people who code for a living who have also learned to forge and smith metal, build furniture, fly planes, and jump off stuff.
Beyond gardening, a larger landscaping project in the backyard. The sort of thing that lasts a few weekends and leaves you dirty enough that you don't want to traipse mud through the house to get a laptop or even touch your phone.
I've been doing this for a few weekends - going out there in the morning and (besides lunch) not coming back in until it's too dark to continue. Feels so much more rewarding than anything I do in my regular work.
This is very much what I meant to convey -- anyone this intense needs something equally intense as a distraction. I swear it flips some kind of switch in the brain.
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Do you have any hobbies where you make things with your hands? In particular, something that would require your full focus and attention to complete (or to simply not lose an appendage).
The activities I do (or have done) that leave me physically exhausted also gave me a welcome mental break from the information addiction. Among those sewing, welding (check your community college), gardening and currently, roller derby and deadlifts. Other things to think about would be private pilot's lessons (or skydiving), and climbing. I know people who code for a living who have also learned to forge and smith metal, build furniture, fly planes, and jump off stuff.
Beyond gardening, a larger landscaping project in the backyard. The sort of thing that lasts a few weekends and leaves you dirty enough that you don't want to traipse mud through the house to get a laptop or even touch your phone.
I've been doing this for a few weekends - going out there in the morning and (besides lunch) not coming back in until it's too dark to continue. Feels so much more rewarding than anything I do in my regular work.
This is very much what I meant to convey -- anyone this intense needs something equally intense as a distraction. I swear it flips some kind of switch in the brain.