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Then an inevitable conclusion is reached: being a homemaker is like being employed but not compensated.
The point is taking care of your family is something people want to do to maintain family relationship, connections between generations and self-identity. It's a choice, not a forced expenditure.
And it's not meant to be pleasant or easy. It's not a hobby. It's a fabric of a well lived life.
Bad times create strong men, strong men create good times
etc.
Let me know your thoughts.
UK has an issue with winds getting too strong because of deforestation. There is a project to re-forest the north coast to coast. Then these trees can be also burned for energy as biomass.
Just look it up.
Ask yourself a question - is what I am doing right not benefitting me in a way a walk/exercise/spending time with family/doing practical coding/starting a business/insert your favourite would? If now, stop and move on.
Why it's not easy? Because it's a habit which has its own trigger (sitting at a computer). Unfortunately as a developer you cannot get rid of the trigger. From own perspective - rearranging the work space or changing helps for a while and then slowly you fall back to old habits, so I wouldn't say it's a permanent solution.
I am sorry about your health, of course get that addressed first.
Then ask yourself what you want and get someone who had more success than you to point out what's wrong with your beliefs and approach.
Speaking as an experienced single tech founder.