You're juggling work and personal life as a mid-career app developer. How can you find the right balance?

Bajo mi opinión, el procedimiento Ideal sería: 1. Identificación de Tareas Críticas: - Recopilación de Tareas: Reúne todas las tareas que tienes en tu lista. - Impacto: Evalúa el impacto de cada tarea en el proyecto. Identifica cuáles son críticas para el progreso del proyecto y cuáles tienen plazos estrictos. 2. Evaluación de Sensibilidad al Tiempo: - Asignación de Prioridad: Usa un sistema de priorización como la Matriz de Eisenhower (Urgente/Importante) para categorizar las tareas. - Determinación de los plazos: Establece plazos claros para las tareas críticas e importantes. 3. Y como no, implementación de Metodologías Ágiles 4. Por ultimo, y no menos importante, Monitoreo y ajuste continuo: - Revisiónes. - Reflexión Post-sprint.

First off, family comes first, always. Never ever prioritize "work" tasks above that. That's the foundation you will be building on, do not make that brittle. For the other tasks it would be easy to pick a pattern, or a methodology (FIFO etc.), but it pays to stall even when you feel overwhelmed. Check your surroundings, is the "most important task" really the most important? Talk to other people, even briefly to gauge what's important really. Organize time-sensitive tasks in a timeline (what X can get done in Y), and communicate that to the "stakeholders". Pick your favourite "Agile" methodology (that others also understand) and go with it. T-Shirt sizes are nice and all, but what is sales going to do with XXL? :)

This is important. You can be available "most of the time", but it's important to have the clear "NOT AVAILABLE" sign/signal communicated and understood and respected by colleagues/bosses. You can have notifications on, you can check your email etc. but nobody should expect you to act on any of that when you are "not available". Same goes for WFH situations, when the door is locked, it is locked for a reason.

Use the tools that you feel help you, that's why they are called tools. I mean you wouldn't try to hammer in a nail with a saw, now would you? There are a lot of options, especially in the tech industry, when it comes to tools (SW, patterns, principles etc.). Evaluate which ones are helping you to fill a need and which ones aren't. Go with the ones that help you (for the current situation). You shouldn't need to use more tech to figure out when to stop looking at the screen if you have points 1. and 2. nailed (above).

Excercise, sleep (=rest), eat healthy. Those will get you a long way. Also, check where your limits are by pushing yourself a time or two. That way exhaustion will never sneak up on you.

Delegate only when you feel ready. It's not just dumping a part of the work on someone, it also takes effort to check that they are doing ok with the work delegated. Or you can dump a bunch of stuff on your colleagues and hope they don't drown (joking).