[quickthrower2]

Work on stuff that motivates and resonates with you, that gets you hooked in. I was pretty dumb at a the Object Oriented Microsoft nonsense from the 2000s for example, and flunked the interviews of companies that wanted a thoughtworks style of thinking and coding everything. I am definitely dumb at that stuff, because I find it tedious.

Weight training, get lean etc.

More sleep.

Avoid shitty jobs that take it out of you.