Somehow I have never quite understood this concept of coming back to work rejuvenated from a holiday. I have always heard and read of people who took a break and are now "raring to go". This doesn't seem to work for me.
Not that I don't like my work. I really really enjoy what I do, and I tend to think of my work as "problem solving" than (merely?) programming (I wish they had designations like that - Senior problem solver etc.). I never have Monday morning blues (unless I am hungover) and a challenging day at work is actually more enjoyable than a duh day.
But every time I take a long(-ish) holiday, I find myself totally detached from what I was doing before I left. I find that I have no memory of what was happening and have to go back almost to the beginning, familiarize myself my own work (re-reading your ownn code sucks BTW) and re-motivate myself to get into the problem solving groove. I want to kick-start from day one, I'm not tired, but there is always this massive inertia.
Likely it is due to my working style. I tend to over-focus and binge-code rather than pace out my work. I'm fairly obsessive about whatever I am doing and some of that intensity takes time to return after a break. But I guess no programmer has ever been guilty of working without a looming deadline so I don't know how valid this argument is.
Just one of those thing I am feeling strongly after a week long break.
A very happy new year to everyone!
Not that I don't like my work. I really really enjoy what I do, and I tend to think of my work as "problem solving" than (merely?) programming (I wish they had designations like that - Senior problem solver etc.). I never have Monday morning blues (unless I am hungover) and a challenging day at work is actually more enjoyable than a duh day.
But every time I take a long(-ish) holiday, I find myself totally detached from what I was doing before I left. I find that I have no memory of what was happening and have to go back almost to the beginning, familiarize myself my own work (re-reading your ownn code sucks BTW) and re-motivate myself to get into the problem solving groove. I want to kick-start from day one, I'm not tired, but there is always this massive inertia.
Likely it is due to my working style. I tend to over-focus and binge-code rather than pace out my work. I'm fairly obsessive about whatever I am doing and some of that intensity takes time to return after a break. But I guess no programmer has ever been guilty of working without a looming deadline so I don't know how valid this argument is.
Just one of those thing I am feeling strongly after a week long break.
A very happy new year to everyone!
