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:cofounder: Hey Ed, it's 6:30. Finish up. Let's go next door and get a beer.edw519: No, I have to finish .cofounder: Do that later. Have a beer with me.edw519: No, I have to finish this now.cofounder: Have a beer with me, then do that tomorrow.edw519: No, this has to be finished tonight.cofounder: Then have a beer with me, and come back after the beer and finish it tonight.edw519: No, I have to finish it first.cofounder: If you have a beer with me and don't finish that, how will our Annual Report be different?edw519: What?cofounder: You heard me. If you have a beer with me and don't finish that tonight, how will our Annual Report be different?edw519: I don't understand.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?edw519: It won't be.cofounder: Good. Then let's have that beer now. OK?edw519: OK.