Taking care of yourself is hard, especially if your mental health is struggling.
Of course, not taking care of yourself is a negative feedback loop, because it makes you more depressed which makes it harder to take care of yourself which...
Of course, not taking care of yourself is a negative feedback loop, because it makes you more depressed which makes it harder to take care of yourself which...
Have you ever witnessed someone come out of this loop?
While stepping back from work to make their own life a priority. Absolutely, yes.
It just feels inefficient though to me a bit. There's been plenty of times in my life where I've been in "grind" mode and sleeping less, eating poorly, not working out, etc. in order to be "more productive".
But in all cases, looking back, I feel like I was really just spinning my wheels. Like if I were to take those months here and there and work 1 hour less each day to just eat a salad, take a walk, sleep more -- I feel like I'd probably have made better contributions to our goals.
Hard to know since it's all a bit of a retrospective exercise.