Woah that's funny I feel like your putting to words something I've felt many times haha. The addiction/interest + neglect of other stuff has happened to me more times than I care to admit.
Funny world.
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Funny world.
Do you think those 16 hours would've really been more productive than if the environment/culture allowed for, say, 15 hours and you'd have 1 hour more for just "life". Or even as far as 12.
Curious whether it really becomes net positive productivity. I feel like it really doesn't work to push past a certain point so I'm wondering more and more why the hell do we all do it so often haha?
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.
I wonder though if there's a path where sacrificing some amount of time at work could eek out net-positive output over the right timeline.
It's just hard not to feel for seeing folks stuck in the spiral of trying to manage so much. And I just wonder whether -- if, say, their employer gave them the space to do so -- if spending just some time on getting "healthier" could help.
Sitting here on a keyboard in abstract though I'm obviously oversimplifying and can't deny at all how hard things are for folks balancing both a demanding work and home situation.
Have you ever witnessed someone come out of this loop?