[theg2]

I work in a newsroom as a developer. It is often a perfectly stressful situation made worse by an open office and my own personal inability to "turn off" as you mentioned.

I love my job and consider myself pretty good at it, but feel a constant stress and anxiety that I MUST channel. There are times when I simply am unable to do that and shut down mentally for a couple of hours and would love to know more about what you've done or attempted to address this issue for yourself.

I worry that while this makes me very effective at my job, I'm damaging my long term health and sanity.

[atrandom]

I really recommend you read this book http://www.amazon.com/Search-Inside-Yourself-Unexpected-Achi...

Written by a google engineer for other engineers. TLDR: practicing meditation gives you the ability to react to stress and anxiety before it blows up.

I found the OP very interesting because they are essentially trying to delivery some of the benefits of mindful practices via a technical means.