I'm burning out and I can't tell anyone
Here's the incident (and litmus test from my cofounder) that permanently changed my workaholic thinking:<p>cofounder: Hey Ed, it's 6:30. Finish up. Let's go next door and get a beer.<p>edw519: No, I have to finish <Task X>.<p>cofounder: Do that later. Have a beer with me.<p>edw519: No, I have to finish this now.<p>cofounder: Have a beer with me, then do that tomorrow.<p>edw519: No, this has to be finished tonight.<p>cofounder: Then have a beer with me, and come back after the beer and finish it tonight.<p>edw519: No, I have to finish it first.<p>cofounder: If you have a beer with me and don't finish that, how will our Annual Report be different?<p>edw519: What?<p>cofounder: You heard me. If you have a beer with me and don't finish that tonight, how will our Annual Report be different?<p>edw519: I don't understand.<p>cofounder: Listen one more time and answer the fucking question! If you have a beer with me and don't finish that tonight, how will our Annual Report be different?<p>edw519: It won't be.<p>cofounder: Good. Then let's have that beer now. OK?<p>edw519: OK.