[anigbrowl]

It never seems to work out for us, since we’ll be work hard for 8 hours and then start wondering what our friends are up to, or start surfing the net for no apparent reason.

8 hours of productivity in a day sounds like a healthy work-life balance to me. You're just frustrated because you're not getting rich yet.

I'm starting to think I should open 'code jail' where programmers will pay me for the privilege of being dragged out of bed at 6am, given a pep talk, nutritious but unexciting meals at 6 hourly intervals, with one hour of forced exercise per day and limited opportunities for social interaction. Basically, I'll be like an extremely abusive boss/prison guard, but you retain the intellectual property for whatever you create while you're in code jail. Or boot camp, or whatever I decide to call it. You can pay me up front or give me 1% of the equity for every week of iron discipline.

[imjonathanlee]

It's a very healthy balance. I don't think it's because I'm not rich. Believe it or not, I'm not that pressurized to making money fast- I've saved enough from working to have already placed a down deposit on a house in Canada.

I'm really not frustrated despite what people think. I'm just tired of the 9-5 work 8 hour schedule that I've been doing and wanting to change exactly that. Instead, view my situation as someone who;s so interested in working on their startup that they want to quit their 9-5 job. That's exactly like me, except that I want to be able to spend more time on the startup which means quitting the life/drama/responsbilities/work/ I have here for 3 weeks.

haha I'm up by 6AM already, workout, make myself a fantastic breakfast, and begin coding with breaks in between. I'm looking to add more time to my coding schedule, not because I'm frustrated or stressed or even inefficient.