Some people say “Can’t be done!” for, I think, cultural/aesthetic reasons. They’re wrong, objectively, but I can appreciate that cultural reasons are, in fact, reasons. It is true; there are places which will look down on you if you successfully execute on balance.
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For what it’s worth, my work/life balance has bounced around *wildly* during my career: Salaryman: if you know this word you can guess BCC: I really am not lying about 5 hours a week Appointment Reminder years: bounced around; typical was 20 Consulting: 40-50 during engagements
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Starfighter: (due mostly to my own choices!) Long periods of pretty brutal crunch for me, with substantial valleys. Stripe: highly variable; working on making it less variable.
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Life circumstances also changed substantially over the years (marriage, kids), which give me a new set of constraints and also a subtly different set of motivations. I am definitely not the same utility function I was 10 years ago.
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Isn't it the other way around? Design the life you want and then pick a business around that constraint?
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Six of one half dozen of the other; both suggest “Don’t do a business which structurally requires wearing a pager if you don’t want to wear a pager.”
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Today I went to the zoo. Answered some questions on Slack. Just woke up from a nap (zoo walking is sleepy). Snack time! The business did great all the while
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There’s a pretty good chance I have read that post of urs before. Yet reading it today resonates with me in deep and profound ways. Doing many of the wrong things u advised against in the post can do that to a man.
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