


You get into a rhythm of coming home, sleepwalking through making food (or settle for opening a bag of chips – so much quicker), sitting on the couch staring into space for an hour, then going to bed. More often, it’s a week or two or three in a row of working late, maybe missing some weekends – that unending march of working and working that every week you tell yourself will “be over next week.”

Something unexpected happens at work that forces you to have to pivot or take on more responsibility or work more hours. We’ve all gone through periods of time in our work lives where everything felt like it was accelerating.ĭeadlines get changed or moved up with no notice, or The Big Presentation is suddenly happening next week.
