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by beebs93 2364 days ago
Managing. Expectations.

Easily took away 75% of the stress at work and stopped from it bleeding into my private life.

This can manifest itself as: - being upfront with what you do and don't know when asked to do anything so if delays occur, it won't be b/c you overpromised == lose trust - keeping stakeholders in the loop with any significant developments so there are no surprises down the road - estimate normal project work as if you can only work ~8 hours a day/5 days a week (while taking meetings, vacactions, other normal overheads into consideration)

This, IMHO, is a pre-req to properly implementing any of the other common helpful tips others have listed.