I don't know about you, but summer holidays are always a bit chaotic for me with the kids being home from school for two months. This might not be the same for you, but I'm pretty bad at context switching — and you can imagine how working from home during the summer break requires more context-switching than usual. I was reminded of two years ago when I came pretty close to burning out, and delibirately had to take some time to recharge.

Luckily I've learned from that prior experience, and I'm now much more aware of guarding my own boundaries. Still, it's probably a good time to remind myself (and maybe you?) of the most important lesson I learned back then: amidst all the chaos, please find something that gives you joy. Joy alone doesn't pay the bills, I know that, but taking care of your own well-being is just so — so important. Maybe this message isn't for you, but I'm fairly certain there are some readers here who need that reminder. I know I need it often enough.

Personally, I've found tremendous joy lately in revisiting an old passion of mine: RuneScape; and making some content about it (I just can't help it 😅) I figure I might as well share it with you, even though it's not programming related at all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0-m0Z4mRZw.

That being said, if you have the need to share about how you're doing during the summer break, don't hesitate to send me an email!