[biophysboy]

Another thing I think that is worth remembering for nerdy, passionate, and driven people is that sometimes the sacrifice you are ostensibly making for your future happiness is worthless or may even backfire.

For the longest time, I felt that persevering past my exhaustion point was virtuous and would pay dividends in the long run. And there were cases where this was true (e.g. meeting a deadline), but otherwise it was just false. Not only was my short-term happiness harmed, but it wasn't even worthwhile. I was working slower and remembering less.

[nostromo95]

Montaigne often talks about this, but something that's true about virtue is that you can't disconnect the action from the motivation.

Often what on the surface appears like virtuous fortitude is actually obstinacy and lack of self-awareness / imagination!

[go_elmo]

In the end no one profits from this. Companies profit more from fit employees instead of overstressed ones.