<story><title>Rapid prototyping as burnout antidote</title><url>http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/08/rapid-prototyping-as-burnout-antidote.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thibaut_barrere</author><text>I noticed a somewhat similar effect which I named &quot;ProcrastinaBoost&quot; (patent pending, obviously).&lt;p&gt;When working on a long/difficult project A, I keep one smaller but equally interesting (ROI-wise) project B on the side, and ensure I procrastinate in a time-boxed fashion on the useful project B only (vs. more classical procrastination).&lt;p&gt;The time-boxing ensure this stays at the hobby level, and regularly project B becomes difficult too to kick you back into project A.&lt;p&gt;It also gives me some times to relax and think about the issues on the other project.&lt;p&gt;To be used with careful time tracking of course :)&lt;p&gt;This removes a bit of the burn-out feeling, while still working on something that moves us along.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rapid prototyping as burnout antidote</title><url>http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/08/rapid-prototyping-as-burnout-antidote.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>riffer</author><text>Yes, this really works.&lt;p&gt;Sort of the way some teams seem to keep a set of blog posts on the shelf, ready to go, we have a list of small tangential projects.&lt;p&gt;These are all three-days-to-a-week type things where we are already pretty familiar with 80-90% such that we can move through it quickly, but also get exposure to something new that we&apos;ve been meaning to pick up. That combination of quick tangible progress plus learning really clears out any negativity.</text></comment>