On: Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off dementia, study finds

[bongodongobob]

Same here. I worked repetitive manual labor jobs for a long time before I switched to tech. I was bored out of my mind at work, but after work loved playing games and working on programming/tech/electronics projects.

Now that I'm in tech I have 0 desire to do anything screen based or deep thinking/problem solving after work. There are days I look out the office window and kind of wish I was the guy mowing the lawn and trimming trees. But I know I'd be bored.

The grass is always greener I guess.

[westurner → bongodongobob]

Occupational burnout > Treatment and prevention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_burnout

Work-life balance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%E2%80%93life_balance

Maybe you could start a 20% hobby project at work on their tab. "Why companies lose their best innovators (2019)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23887903

Hypothesis; it's probably normal and healthy to pursue different biomechanical activities when not working (possibly regardless of tech career or not)

[sandspar → bongodongobob]

We have two batteries: physical and mental. It's only when both batteries are fully drained that we feel happily tired.