--- title: Summer chaos | daily.dev description: A personal reflection on managing summer chaos while working from home with kids on break. The author recalls nearly burning out two years prior and shares the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/summer-chaos-srvdhdodz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Summer chaos | daily.dev og:description: A personal reflection on managing summer chaos while working from home with kids on break. The author recalls nearly burning out two years prior and shares the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/summer-chaos-srvdhdodz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SrVDHDOdz.png og:image:alt: Summer chaos og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Summer chaos **[stitcher.io](https://daily.dev/sources/stitcher)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal reflection on managing summer chaos while working from home with kids on break. The author recalls nearly burning out two years prior and shares the lesson learned: prioritize finding joy amid chaos for the sake of well-being. He mentions recently finding joy in revisiting RuneScape and making related content, and invites readers to share how their summer is going. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Disappeared Since March: Taking a Long Break Was My Best Decision Yet](https://daily.dev/posts/disappeared-since-march-taking-a-long-break-was-my-best-decision-yet-rp0xt5xhb) · DEV · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\(comic\) Vacation Refresher Myth](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-vacation-refresher-myth-nrdffxmoq) · Work Chronicles · 33 upvotes · 0 comments - [I cannot survive from burnout](https://daily.dev/posts/i-cannot-survive-from-burnout-pacv5jway) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/summer-chaos-srvdhdodz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Summer chaos","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/summer-chaos-srvdhdodz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/summer-chaos-srvdhdodz"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T08:08:59.182Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T09:20:58.656Z","description":"A personal reflection on managing summer chaos while working from home with kids on break. The author recalls nearly burning out two years prior and shares the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8ae75ade6d9e7d6c438d57caf3bbc736?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8ae75ade6d9e7d6c438d57caf3bbc736?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"stitcher.io","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"stitcher.io","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/83a32fc89f9943f38951a2b360c0d3ec","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/stitcher"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/summer-chaos-srvdhdodz","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"work-life-balance","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"stitcher.io","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/stitcher"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Summer chaos"}]} ```