Light at the End of the Tunnel
Posted by Jay on April 16th, 2008
I’m finally seeing the end coming for my recent busy spell, and it can’t come soon enough for me. Today was a beautiful day in NYC and, for the first time in about a month, I took a real lunch hour. I heated up my lunch (leftovers from last night’s beef stew dinner) and brought them to a little park at Worldwide Plaza, on 8th and 49th. I sat down in the sun and savored a lunch outside, soaking in the Spring.
I don’t know how people manage to work 70 hour weeks, for weeks on end. I’ve done it for a month and it’s killing me. Many of my co-workers do this 50 weeks a year. Investment banking employees have a bad image in our culture now, but one thing I do give them (them — what am I saying: I’m one too…) credit for is that they work very very hard.
But me, that’s not what I want. An hour sitting in a park on a warm day in April is worth more than any satisfaction I could ever get from a job. It’s been a rough period, and I’m glad it’s finally winding down.
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am
yeahhhhh
April 17th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Hey Jay,
I’m glad its starting to wind down for you as well. I worked for a year at that breakneck level and the net result was I needed a month off before I was even remotely ready to go back to full time work. Now I’m mindful not to go over the 50 mark for any reason and I don’t do work stuff at home unless its a true emergency (and not some chicken little’s version of one).
I hope things stay at a normal level for you without this insanity - its simply not worth it. Have you managed to keep the book selling up in all of this?