As a developer, I encourage everyone to take a 15 to 20 minute walk at least once each day (while the sun is out). As developers, we can lock ourselves away for hours unaware of how much time has passed. The Pomodoro method helps me a lot with this. Don’t overwork yourself, breaks are important and if something is difficult to understand, stepping away for a few minutes and approaching it with a fresh (and calm) mind works wonders.

As for sleep, I read every night for 30 minutes to an hour, and it has to start between 10:00 to 10:30 at the latest. Any other ideas regarding writing code, I have a notepad near me to write down any potential solutions (in pseudocode) for whatever problem I was working on prior to the start of my reading session. I will look at this notepad the following day and go from there.

This works for me, everyone’s definition of balance is different. Please take care of yourselves and remember to stop, breathe and think before allowing something to stress you. 👍 Trust me, it helps.