i am probably someone that most ppl would call a hardo. i would not recommend taking the below advice you are your best in times of zen which means minimizing regret in life, or at least, understanding fully the trade-offs you are making. it can be very mentally damaging to swing PL, or invest blood equity for years into a business/company that doesn't care for you at all, and then have a reverse-cathartic thought of "what was it all for then" you will never get back your athleticism. you will never get back interacting with people at a fairly flat social level (college) work hard, yes. set yourself up, yes. take intentional trade offs, yes. wat is the excuse for never going to a party b/w the age of 18-22 lol. being a man means being evaluated for what you are at a given point in time, and not what your potential is. it is extremely humbling (and fun) to sense-check what that is at each step along the way TLDR doing it fastest is nvr the best

the actual answer, btw, is to not put 101% of your time into work but 101% of yourself in the time that you do give to work // don’t let focus bleed personally what i have found most challenging is planning to meet ppls expectations (don’t want to be late! can i make this??)