Are you having a bad day? Been working on a problem for hours, days. No matter what you do, what approach you take, the issue won’t budge? Even Copilot/Claude/etc. can’t fix it?
Well, friend — GO GET YOURSELF A WIN!
Stop. Stop what you’re doing right now. Go do something else you KNOW you can work on AND get a WIN. It sounds cheap, but it’s cathartic.
Getting the win motivates you to get over the loss. It treats your imposter syndrome.
We fail all the time as developers. And sadly school teaches people to win — to get A’s. It should be teaching us how to learn from losses — because those can happen a lot more in life than wins.
The beauty is we’re in a career where failure is expected. Definitely not like being a doctor!
It doesn’t matter how many F’s you get as long as you get an A. Sometimes you need to get yourself some A’s to get yourself out of the funk.
To change your focus.
So, the next time you’re stuck and the universe is pushing against you, learn to stop.
Go get a win.
Then pick up the troubling problem a day later.
And maybe that will get you another win.
This approach has worked for me many times, and for other devs I’ve suggested it to.
Did it work for you? Let me know what you think in the comments.
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