<i>What are some of your secrets for combating work overload?</i><p>My single biggest secret for continuing to get things done, often working 12 hour days and 6 day weeks, is to love what I do.<p>I do not think of it as "work", as something to "get through", or as something difficult, unusual, "overload", or temporary.  Quite simply, I sit at my computer 12 hours per day, every day, because <i>I want to</i>, I love what I do, and I can't imagine doing anything else.  I have been working like this for years.<p>In fact, I feel sorry for anyone else who doesn't feel this way.  What a sad life to be spending so much time doing something that you have to force yourself to do.<p>Some of the things I have arranged in my life to enable me to do what I love:<p>I eat similarly to you.  It's a great idea no matter what your circumstances are.<p>I also exercise regularly, 20 minutes, 3 to 6 times per week.  I mix it up and only do things I love: 5 rites, pushups &#38; pullups, jogging, swimming, heavyhands, shovelglove, bodyweight exercises, and even a day or 2 at the gym on their machines.<p>Breakfast at my desk, lunch away from my desk, dinner and Jeopardy with my SO every night without exception.<p>At least one date night per week, with an extra beer or two just in case it's a chick flick.<p>I never text, tweet, blog, IM, or facebook.  I do respond to voicemail and email regularly.  Everyone I know understands this.<p>Ipod, radio, and 3 cats keep me company.  Occasionally I bring a small TV into the office for football games (I'm getting more work done now that the Steelers have been eliminated :-(. )<p>I like to work in 48 minute bursts, with a 12 minute break each hour for email, internet, snack, or anything else.<p><a href="http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/2006/09/the-power-of-48-minutes/" rel="nofollow">http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/2006/09/the-power-of...</a>