Ed Kramarenko

It's always been important for people to recover after some time of work. From history, we know people were working by hand with the appropriate craft, and in most cases, it was totally OK to work and move all day long. Our body was created to move, and it's important to remember since we can use it to our advantage. Nowadays, we switched from manual labor to daily brain work, and unfortunately, some people don't have enough experience in rest after good work :) \nI also was in that situation, when I woke up in the morning feeling extreme exhaustion, I could spend such feeling weeks, without even considering I was doing something wrong. Fortunately, I like to study passively, and I spent a lot of time in research, to find out the way I could get tired a bit slower and recover faster\nActual tips\n1.  Appreciate your time\nIt's necessary to know when you're done with work. I mean, yeah, you could do extra work if you feel comfortable and have some inspiration, but let me describe one example. If you’re coded for 8 hours, without breaks, and switches to something else, imagine how you're going to feel at the end of the day with such a schedule. Or at the end of the week? Month? Some may say, they don't have a choice or enough time or other excuses, but I say it's nonsense, and with the next tips, I'll tell you how I'm doing those breaks.\n\n2. Go for a walk for at least 30 minutes a day\nI've tried to implement this habit and it has mind-blowing results. I usually walk around the park and reorder my plans, take notes or just talk to myself 😅. Fresh air, green grass and trees, and other staff have a good effect on your mentality, and it took quite a good amount of time to realize it, despite it being obvious. Usually, I do it in the morning if it's summer if it's winter, or if it's just cold outside I go in the evening. **But!** Personally, I like to go outside alone, when I need to rest and rarely use my phone. Walking alone has given me the opportunity to talk to myself more and declutter all the stuff laid in my head.\n\n3. Exercise\nWhen I start to do sports I had unrealistic goals and expectations and I think you already know the results. Such an approach to every aspect of life is going to kill you inside or make you a gigachad if you have patience. Unfortunately, I didn’t become gigachad, and I quit sport then returned to it after some time, and again and again.\nMy main mistake was that didn’t respect my tiredness and didn’t enjoy the process of doing exercises. To make it a consistent habit, I just make basic stuff that gives me 80% of the results.\n1) Reduce time of training\n2) Reduce expectations and just enjoy the feeling in my body\n3) I do it during  the work break\n4) I do all kinds of stuff I like (calisthenics, stretching, etc.)\nThere are a lot of benefits if you have desk-sitting work. It will boost your health if just try to do some fitness for 30 minutes a day. Your brain could no longer think about stressful stuff on your work and have a "reload". After such a session, you will feel fresh.\nTry to find out what you like to do in sports, go for a sports section or find friends you can run with, make it more enjoyable, and don't box yourself in.\n\n

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Recovery during pursuing your career