I assumed anxiety is the norm and not the exception? I'm sure you've heard the term "rubber duck debugging"[1] - maybe you need something like that for your bu

I assumed anxiety is the norm and not the exception? I'm sure you've heard the term "rubber duck debugging"[1] - maybe you need something like that for your business? Someone, or something, that lets you say "nope, this really won't make a difference whether I finish it today or tomorrow." Besides that, the main issues you've listed are things that everyone has to deal with. Need a healthy social life? Dedicate one or two nights a week as "work-free" nights. Need more exercise? Find something you can enjoy doing, and do it. During the nicer months, I'll walk five or ten miles around Boston with a pair of headphones. It's really healthy, but doesn't /feel/ like exercise. I also consider it necessary downtime from staring at an LCD screen. For what it's worth, have you considered that working 80 hours a week is just a bad habit? The same thing as playing World of Warcraft 10 hours a day. They can both be equally consuming, stressful, and hard to break free of. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging