You have it in you.

I usually get up at 4:45 AM every weekday and breakfast, shower, commute to get into the office by 7. I guess to some that's ridiculous, but I've gotten to the point where it's become standard. It's all I know. The perks are that I can schedule errands and appointments during regular business hours and not need to take time off. But I had a conversation with my friend (who, unfortunately, struggles more with this work schedule than I do), about how ridiculous our work hours are. We're both in the finance industry and have to be in the office to follow Wall Street hours.... It's neither physically healthy nor is it mentally healthy. Thank God they give us a horde of sick days. It's mostly a 'use it or lose it' policy, and so now I've grown more mature and have begun to prioritize health more than the industry. Mental health days, physical health days, c'est la meme chose. They're all health days.

Anyway, my boss text messaged me out of concern about overworking and the likes, but that's really not the case. I used to stress out so much at my old job that my neck/shoulders were near paralyzed in pain. Now I just float around and go about business with my personal life / well being as a priority.

Interesting that my boss would think I'm hardworking. I actually see myself as kind of a slacker. But then I wondered what kind of extreme I could push myself to before I crashed. My tolerance is probably pretty low...