All work...no. Not anymore.
I'm going to start with the key points. Don't work your ass off. It's not worth it. Should you decide to take my advice, be prepared for resistance - the better you are at working your ass off, the more resistance you will meet. Also, be prepared to discover that working your ass off is no more productive than sitting on your ass and watching other people work. Mostly. I don't mean that, but I really hate the phrase 'work smarter not harder'. It makes me want to kick chairs over. To elucidate: I haven't had a holiday (or vacation, if you prefer) since...2000? I think that was when it was. Not what most people would call a holiday, at least, which would seem to consist of: a) leaving home and all of the accompanying responsibilities for a set period of time; b) not doing any work for the duration of that time. What d'ya reckon? Does that sound about right? Whatever, no doubt people will tell me I've been given opportunities for holida...