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My problem is I've always been a workaholic, but in my previous line of work (accounting) I could always leave work at work. It's more difficult to leave when you walk by 'the office' every time you walk across the house.
The workaholic mentality that got me here can sometimes prove to be a downfall. Although it's going on 6 years, the site is still my baby. I had wanted to take an Alaskan cruise/tour this summer with my kids but when I found it meant at least a week with no net access or at best 9600 baud on a satellite phone, I bagged it. Maybe next summer.
That's the other problem with this line of work.. it's too damned portable. There's good and bad in that. The only day off I ever had was when I had pc problems for a 30 hour period (prior to the days of having a spare pc and a laptop). Once back online I had to deal with tons of email from irate visitors wanting to know where their Friday night update was. The vacations we've taken, I've ended up working in the wee hours (like now) just to have the free time during the daytime to spend with my boys. Leaves little time for sleep.
I used to be one for the long Sunday drives, but now to plan that means I work until 4 or 5 am then sleep two hours and then deal with driving the entire day.
It's tough in a world of 8 to 5'ers - 5 days a week, to get people to realize that where they have a weekend to kick back and relax, I'm shuffling work in order to kick back with them. LoL.. I dropped the guy quick that called me at 6 am on a Saturday morning ready to head to the beach (and mad at me that I wasn't ready to roll) after he'd been falling asleep at 9 pm the night before and I'd been sitting at the pc until 4 am just so that I could have the afternoon free to be with him (after what I'd hoped would be 4 or 5 hours sleep).
Geeezzz where are all the tall, handsome, well-off, self-employed, nightowls when you need them?
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