Things to do better (Part III)<\/p>\n
Work\/life balance<\/strong><\/p>\n I spend too much time solving problems at work that don’t move the needle. As a result, I feel like I genuinely haven’t stopped working for at least two years (except our recent Turkey trip where I didn’t check email once). <\/p>\n I think there are a few reasons for this:<\/p>\n But I finally got the feedback I needed, and the ecosystem of feedback has improved markedly. <\/p>\n As a result, I’m really going to focus on working smarter and not harder. I’m hoping the outcome is that I create work\/life balance because my todo list is the set of items I make a difference against, and not just all the things we need to do. <\/p>\n Because I really don’t want to work at 1am anymore on email threads that I know don’t need me. <\/p>\n Which is actually hard for me to do, and I’m going to do it anyway \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Things to do better (Part III) Work\/life balance I spend too much time solving problems at work that don’t move the needle. As a result, I feel like I genuinely haven’t stopped working for at least two years (except our recent Turkey trip where I didn’t check email once). 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