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Re: Best Practices For Staying Healthy During Build & Competition Season
One of my former teams best practices was that each student was responsible for bringing at least one dinner during build for the whole team. This pretty much guaranteed us pasta or casarole every night, but usually it was a balanced meal.

The importance of taking days off cannot be stressed enough. I have personally been burnt out, and it really does damage to the whole robotics experience for you and everyone around you. At least one night per week should be taken away from the team (your parents might want to see you occasionally too).

Most of what has been mentioned here is also an essential part of surviving University Engineering programs. FIRST is a really helpful trial run in that respect.
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