On balancing life and startups

Interesting... I did exactly the opposite: after we started working on our startup I realized that I'll just burn myself to death by coding my ass off and not seeing anything outside of my monitors.

Besides, you really do start thinking more clearly when you add some physical activity into the mix. Perhaps there may be a simple medical explanation for this, possibly improved blood flow or something.

So I started running 3 miles a day, followed by a series of pushups and crunches, every day without exceptions, and actually I am getting close to be in the best shape of my life. :-)

I found the opposite with grad school: I was exhausted from all the work, and consequently I've been inactive and not eating well. Over the summer I'll be back at a normal 9-5 job, and I'm really hoping to get some exercise and nutritional balance in order.

This reminds me of stories of game programmers that would wait 2+ hours for a full compile. In the meantime, they did crunches and curls, and ended up with rock hard abs.