Taking a Breather — the Happiness Key Puncher

Billy McDavid
2 min readMar 16, 2022

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” — William Shakespeare

Since so much of our life is spent working or in my case learning lines of clean code, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that being happy in your job is pretty important. As I dig deep into the science of my coding happiness to become a more satisfied developer, and ultimately more successful, software developer, I took a week’s holiday break to boost my performance.

“I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle”

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

I work too hard — A lack of productivity is often a clear sign of overworking.

Make sure that you take the time you need to rest and recuperate so you can wear your crown with class.

The antidote is taking leave to a regular holiday haunt, with good weather and a minimalist resort, to maintain a successful and healthy mindset for wealth this year.

Happy holidays to you!

Little did I realize exercise and eat for enjoyment and if you happen to eat a little too much, then that’s hunky-dory too. Don’t beat yourself up about it. A little excess is a part of what this holiday is all about.

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