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I'm posting this at 6:40am from work, having been here since 9am yesterday. I worked a 14 hour day before yesterday. I'm completely exhausted and have spent most of yesterday on my feet.
I know that I work too hard; I've been accused of being a workaholic. My problems are that I'm an INTJ (so if I can do things NOW to prepare for the future, I will) and that I have ADD (capable of hyperfocus and an over-compensatory anxiety that I am not living up to standards).
I often find myself burnt out and exhausted, yet am unable to reign in my requirements of myself and efficiency to acknowledge that I'm trying to do too much. Another INTJ in my lab has the same problem, but he doesn't seem to have found a solution either.
Just the other day, someone asked me if I had a "life outside of the lab", and I said "depends on your definition of 'life', I guess". Which pretty much sums up the situation.
I was wondering how people define a work-life balance, and how, if any of you, have solved this problem of pushing yourself too hard (to the detriment of your own health).
I know that I work too hard; I've been accused of being a workaholic. My problems are that I'm an INTJ (so if I can do things NOW to prepare for the future, I will) and that I have ADD (capable of hyperfocus and an over-compensatory anxiety that I am not living up to standards).
I often find myself burnt out and exhausted, yet am unable to reign in my requirements of myself and efficiency to acknowledge that I'm trying to do too much. Another INTJ in my lab has the same problem, but he doesn't seem to have found a solution either.
Just the other day, someone asked me if I had a "life outside of the lab", and I said "depends on your definition of 'life', I guess". Which pretty much sums up the situation.
I was wondering how people define a work-life balance, and how, if any of you, have solved this problem of pushing yourself too hard (to the detriment of your own health).