Usually when you exercise, you start off stretching and doing warmups before your actual workout. What do you guys do to warm up your mind at the start of a workday or coding session?
Meditation is the best thing for this. I also like to use a heart monitor to measure my HRV when meditating - it gives me an idea of my physical & mental performance today compared to my baseline.
A physical workout can also be good. Lifting weights (consistently!) makes a difference long term in my mental performance, but the biggest difference for me is going for a run. The runner's high is real, once you get to a place where you're comfortable with the distance you're doing.
There's scientific research that keeping a journal has a positive effect on your mood. Especially if you explicitly try to write about gratitude.
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There's scientific research that keeping a journal has a positive effect on your mood. Especially if you explicitly try to write about gratitude.