You will always naturally prioritize the things that you love, so you should not feel guilty if you also love spending time with your friends or family or walking your dog to the pub on a sunny day. That’s why it’s called work-life balance. I read somewhere that Pink Floyd would stop everything in the studio to watch Monty Python, and I think decompression is a normal and healthy part of work. I often find that elusive solutions present themselves when I have changed gears for a while, but I suppose the real chore is finding the time for the things that you do not love but cannot avoid.