I used to be an 80-100 hour week guy because that's what the job required. It was a massive system shock transitioning back to 40 hour weeks because I did that for 5 or 6 years straight. Working less triggered a weird anxiety and depression because I constantly felt like I should be doing something. I'm doing about 25 hours/week now for part time contract work and some weeks that now feels like too much
I used to be an 80-100 hour week guy because that's what the job required. It was a massive system shock transitioning back to 40 hour weeks because I did that for 5 or 6 years straight. Working less triggered a weird anxiety and depression because I constantly felt like I should be doing something. I'm doing about 25 hours/week now for part time contract work and some weeks that now feels like too much
That jives with some of what I've read that says most people have roughly 35 productive hours per week before they start to burn out, outside the odd freaks that think 80 hours is taking things slow.