As someone who routinely has more work than they can finish in an 8-hour work day, the headline and article strike me as tone-deaf and victim blaming. It&#x27;s simply not possible to solve the overwork problem entirely by &#x27;good habits&#x27; alone. When you do a good job digging ditches, often your reward is a bigger shovel. When you do well, somehow more work finds it&#x27;s way to your desk. I don&#x27;t think you can always be finding ways to optimize when your workload is constantly expanding. Sometimes you have to get up early and stay up late to finish a project.