Honestly, I'm kind of worried all this work is making me boring. My friends have way more interesting lives than I do. Anyone else feel their personality starting to disappear?

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Yes. And when I am meeting new people, I can see the light behind their eyes switching off when I answer the what do you do for a living question.

Yep, deciding to quite and change career paths

Yes, people have become visibly less and less interested while making small talk the longer I work at my firm. I also used to be much more energetic and extroverted before working so many hours every week, so maybe I can’t blame them 🙃

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