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Procrasticoding - the act of writing/debugging code as a way to avoid other tasks (house cleaning, family gatherings, etc).
Similar in concept to procrasticleaning
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Ultimately I never skipped anything I was being paid to do. But I might swap the order a bit, and very often stay late to cram in something extra that I want. I'm retired now and still forget to eat if I get into something. And it's SO much easier to get into something now that I don't have constraints forcing me to make a hash of it.
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I've been putting off constructing a custom FM antenna coax cable out of OCC for the hopefully improved signal quality. Yes I'm a bit of an audiophile phoneatic. Some of the snake oil I believe some I do not. Also have been putting of collecting necessary material for the assembly of a larger table to accommodate an upgrade to my integrated amplifier from a modest Cambridge Topaz ST to an "entry level" high end Jadis Orchestra Black/Silver. Unfortunately it won't be a VTL IT-85. Also been putting off another modest software project. Plus I put off going to the bathroom in order to finish some code and begin the build.
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Recliner and working on models - miniature boats from walnuts, pecans or Filberts with bamboo masts, silk sails and basswood decks.
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In Covid day and age, I don't care much what my house looks like to visitors that don't come - where my own standards are such that the house's orderliness must fall below a substantially lower threshold. When I could be coding scripts which yields a higher satisfaction factor on rainy days.
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Seriously - why???  Date night is a great excuse to get AWAY from coding.
As for skipping family related stuff, I can definitely see that depending on your situation... 
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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I regularly put in a 14 hour days in order to work on my work and personal projects. For about a year I got by with sleeping no more than 5-6 hours a night. Unfortunately, this affected my health. I'm a bit wiser now and ensure I get 7-8 hours of sleep a night.
/ravi
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Sleep is my 'other' as well. I haven't done this too much lately but 10 years ago, oh yeah. Like you, I definitely value my sleep more these days. 
-Wayne
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I'll give you another heads up on sleep.
Back when in graduate school I kept horrific hours - once as bad as a 24hr day following a 16hr one (the working parts). The effects of that are obvious and somewhat immediate.
Normally, however, it turns out I'd get "enough" sleep with one hitch: it was randomized in terms of which hours I slept and which one I was awake/working. The effect of this is that despite getting enough sleep you get ever more tired. Also, things like healing get ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ed up. Considering I was in my 20's, imagine what it would do to us now! A kind of jet-lag on steroids.
So, it's not only getting enough sleep but doing it at a regular time as much as possible.
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Well, being paid to code took some of that extra edge of delight off of it. Still fun and I can lose myself pretty quickly,
but,
as it says in my CP "bio" now doing for money what used to do for pleasure - like a hooker.
On the other hand, between sessions, especially when falling asleep, options and solutions parade through my head.
The reality of it all, as the years slip away, is that there's just more things that can successfully compete. Progeny. Their progeny. That real life that exists outside the warm and protective womb between compiler invocations.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Once you have been in the business for a while you realize there is way more to life than coding.
Whether you act on this realization is a whole other matter.
I know, there those of you out there who will say that you are still addicted to coding after 25 years or so, and well, I feel sorry for you.
I enjoy what I do, and I am very good at it, but I am not addicted to it. I turn it on, and 8-10 hours later, I turn it off. I rarely code on weekends. Weekends are my time with family and my hobbies (not computer related, not video games).
I have found, recently, that stepping away from the computer completely for more than 8 hours a day (not including sleep) is very, very good for my overall well being - I highly recommend it.
modified 19-Apr-21 5:10am.
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Unfortunately, I have to agree.
As much as I wish I had motivation to code outside of work - because there are some projects I really want to do - I just can't bring myself to spend more time at a computer writing code.
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40 years and still loving to code, I think that makes me lucky to have a job I really like and I work on weekends on my own projects. Don't feel sorry for me I just love to code...
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To do some leisure coding 
And I've skipped sleep to fix that last bug or finish that last feature, which should only take me five more minutes, but end up taking hours
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Do procrastination really need an excuse? 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'll tell you tomorrow.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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... but that has more to do with the meetings than the coding
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Sleep!!!
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Yeah - that was definitely a missing option! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I used to do this when starting out, then the first day I got a full nights sleep... I woke up with a solution for a bug that had been bothering me for a week. Have prioritized getting a good nights sleep ever since.
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Funny I didn't add that to the list. Sometimes you miss the most obvious of answers
(and skipping sleep to code seems like breathing air to go for a walk)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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