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TRANSCRIPT
TAKE A BREAK
HELLO!MY NAME IS JURĢIS
I MAKE MOBILE APPS
9 MONTHS WITH
APP
FLOW
HTTPS://FLIC.KR/P/41QTZY
GOOGLE: TED FLOW SECRET HAPPINESS
FIGHTING PROGRAMMER’S
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HIT BY BLOCK
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FUCK THIS SHIT
THIS IS WRONG
WHAT’S GOING ON?ANALYSIS-PARALYSIS
LOSS OF CONFIDENCE
LOST IN THE DETAILS
BURNOUT APPROACHING
RISK OF CONTINUING OUTWEIGHT BENEFITS
FIGHT OR FLIGHT?
FIGHT
DISCUSS WITH COLLEAGUE
WRITE (BAD) CODE
FIGHT IT WITH FLOW
GETTING BACK TO FLOWREFACTOR (SMALL) PIECE OF CODE
MAKE (COSMETIC) UI CHANGE
ADD (SIMPLE) TEST
SOLVE (EASY) BUG
START UNAMBITIOUS
FLIGHTGO WALKING/RUNNING/BIKING/DAY OFF
SLEEP ON PROBLEM (LITERALLY)
WORK ON PET PROJECT
LEARN NEW FRAMEWORK/LANGUAGE/TOOL
SUBMIT CONFERENCE/MEETUP PROPOSAL ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TAKING A BREAK IS REASONABLE CHOICE
GOOGLE "20%"
3M “TIME TO THINK”
SPOTIFY “HACK WEEKS”
APPLE “BLUE SKY”
ATLASSIAN "FEDEX DAY" ,"INNOVATION WEEK"
KEEPS FROM GETTING BORED AND UNFOCUSED
HELPS PROCESS INFORMATION AND MAKE CONNECTIONS
HELPS REEVALUATE GOALS
BREAKS ARE IMPORTANT
INTEGRATE BREAKS INTO DAILY ROUTINE
BUT DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE BREAKS
MAY THE FLOW BE WITH YOU
