Programmers secrets to maintaining a healthy life

There was once a story about the early days of the BSD Unix wherein core programmers used to lock themselves up in a room and feed on pizza for a week or until the work is done. This is used to be a normal culture in the IT industry particularly software houses scrambling to get a product out of the line. Hard work and getting the project done in a very short time always come at the expense on the life and health of programmers, software engineers and everyone involve in the project.

For most of us, programmers life is very sedentary. We work on our desk all day which leads to unhealthy lifestyle. I've come up a list of possible ways contributed by friends and associates in the IT industry to balance life and work in pursuit of a vigorous and healthy lifestyle:

• Love what you're doing.
• Get physical.
• Nutritious intake.
• Work with a group or circle.
• Get enough rest.
• Less caffeine and alcohol.
• Exercise and stretching between work.
• Relaxed and conducive work environment.
• Get hitched.

Nowadays, IT companies are very much aware of these and have came up with varying programs aimed to balance the work and life of their employees. If you feel your doing much work and nothing else, please be empowered to consult your Human Resource department for changes.