How Googlers Avoid Burnout (and Secretly Boost Creativity)

Mindfulness meditation is an interesting and refreshing practice, but just like any "one weird trick" clickbait title (because wired can't help themselves) engaging in this practice alone and expecting a magical complete revival of your life is not only rediculous, but may sabotage any long term effort.

That said, I could see the average HN reader getting some useful skills out of doing nothing (literally) for a specific amount of time.

I don't meditate, but I've found it useful to take some mornings or afternoons and go for 5-10 mile walks. I usually take a small notebook and some pens to write down ideas. If I don't have the notebook, I can still take notes on my phone or scraps of paper.

I've never counted the distance exactly, but I would estimate that I've walked a couple of thousand miles around Berkeley and surrounding towns. It's especially nice in summer in East Bay in some of the quiet neighborhoods.