Long term health and productivity requires at a minimum: quality sleep, exercise, and healthy eating. I'd also argue it requires a long term focus on personal

Long term health and productivity requires at a minimum: quality sleep, exercise, and healthy eating. I'd also argue it requires a long term focus on personal l&d, strong family and friend bonds, time for reflection, and some time to yourself. So lets look at a sustainable high performance day: 8 hours sleep 1 hour relax time 1 hour reflection 1 hour exercise 1 hour food prep/eating/housework 1 hour with family/friends 2 hours l&d/side projects So without taking work into account we are looking at 15hours/day worth of important tasks. That leaves ~9 hours for work including commute time. Surely short term you can sacrifice on a few of these tasks but which ones can you ignore long term and still have a happy, healthy, and productive life? You can also "optimize" a few of these such as by using your commute to exercise (cycling, walking, etc) or having most of your friendships at work or hiring someone to do the cooking and housework. I'd also argue that sometimes it is worth it to sacrifice some of the above in the short term if you are getting sufficiently compensated. But id put that compensation at a likely multimillion exit, a million/year salary, Or achieving a lifelong dream.