I'm losing any and all ability to focus and I think it's just all the stress catching up. Has anyone here managed to achieve that sweet spot with work-life balance? I think it's impossible but before I make that decision I'd love to hear what folks here would like to say. If you have, what did you prioritize to get there? How did you decide on the order of importance to all things important to your work and daily life?

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I pretty much had to really drive hard with the "protected weekends" or "protected Saturdays" concept. If I didn't prioritize it, it was never going to happen. Also, I made sure that anything at work comes after I've exercised, meditated and slept for 7 hours. And somehow all the work and chores that I had before are still happening.

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You just can't expect work/life balance to be the same as it is in other professions. As Hyman Roth said in Godfather 2, "this is the life we chose." But, having said that, you just have to get aggressive and creative about carving out what time you can for yourself (and for your family if you're crazy enough to have one). And, on top of that, learn some separation rituals so that your own time will be separate in your mind from your work time. That's not easy at first, but it can be accomplished with practice.

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when I grow up I want to work 100 hours a week and look at rows of numbers - said nobody ever

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So real

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The answer to your question is: adderall

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I have never achieved work/less balance. I don’t think this is possible in IB.

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I work real hard at work but the minute I step out of the office, I'm on my own. It took me years to practice that discipline, but you'lll get there.

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