Managing Stress & Achieving WLB as a SWE - Part 2 (Personal Life)

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Discord community: https://discord.gg/s8JX2ARnSg Part 1: https://youtu.be/vgkmYK-MiCw In today's video we are discussing how to manage the stress of working at Meta and how to achieve a good WLB as a SWE. This is definitely not an exhaustive list and I could probably talk on this subject for hours on end. This video is already 20 minutes long and only scratched the surface of all the things I could talk about. This is part 2 of the video as it was too long to have as one. It entirely focuses on the changes you can make in your personal life to facilitate a good WLB. What we do in our personal life can spill over into our work life so it's important to main a healthy and stable personal life as well. Here are some tips. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:40 The importance of physical health 01:09 Sleep 01:32 Nutritious food 02:30 Exercise 03:00 Vitamin D 03:35 Caring for your mental health 03:53 Decreasing social media exposure 04:42 Avoid politics 05:52 Remove the chaos 07:47 Mindset shift about work 09:08 Take breaks 09:55 Outro