Ask HN: How do you handle boreout?

8 points by Yxven 14y ago ↗ HN

I re-factored the spine of my start-up's code base to eliminate a code-smell, and in the process of fixing every test, I bored myself to the point where I don't have motivation to continue. I'm currently resisting taking the day off to play video-games. How do you cope with this?

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Yxven 14y ago ↗

For those unfamiliar with boreout: http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreout (I just learned about it when googling for burnout)

ido 14y ago ↗

Take the day off to play video-games!

chris_dcosta 14y ago ↗

Take a whole week preferably 10 days off. Try not to resist the tempatation, you'll expend more effort feeling guilty, and that's equally non-productive.

I know from experience that it is completely counter-intuitive if you care about your project to just forget it for a while, but I also found that I was able to focus better on the real priorities when I dropped the ball, and had to restart.

wavephorm 14y ago ↗

Sounds like you need a day off to play video games.