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    "name": "Dylan Fitzgerald",
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  "content_html": "\u003ch1\u003eDon\u0026#39;t burn out.\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you don\u0026rsquo;t schedule downtime, it will be scheduled for you, in the form of injury or burnout.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Paraphrased) \u003ca href=\"https://visakanv.com/\"\u003eVisakan Veerasamy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere\u0026rsquo;s a good chance that you, dear reader, are making a living by exchanging time for money. \u003ca href=\"https://jonathanstark.com/how-i-realized-that-hourly-billing-is-nuts\"\u003eThis is ultimately not the ideal approach\u003c/a\u003e, but we\u0026rsquo;ve all got to start somewhere, and \u0026ldquo;time for money\u0026rdquo; is well-understood.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis being the case, you\u0026rsquo;re probably starting to think about how much each hour of your time is worth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd how much it \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003ecosts\u003c/span\u003e you to \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003enot\u003c/span\u003e be working.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo-week vacation? It\u0026rsquo;s not just the flights and the food; you\u0026rsquo;re out 80-ish hours of billable time\u0026ndash;and the higher your rate, the more that \u0026ldquo;costs\u0026rdquo;. If you\u0026rsquo;re engaged full-time with a client at $200/hour, you\u0026rsquo;re out $16k. Yikes!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thing is: that\u0026rsquo;s \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003ebullshit\u003c/span\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere\u0026rsquo;s why: you can\u0026rsquo;t just work full-time continuously forever. Your body will stop working. You will burn out. You will go numb. And you will stop being \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003eable\u003c/span\u003e to work, and have to spend (non-billable!) time recovering just to get back to baseline. And you\u0026rsquo;ll probably be unhappy the whole time.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon\u0026rsquo;t burn out. Schedule your downtime. Take a vacation; you\u0026rsquo;ll have to spend the time one way or another, and better to choose it than have fate choose for you\u003c/p\u003e\n",
  "content_md": "# Don't burn out.\n\n\u003e If you don't schedule downtime, it will be scheduled for you, in the form of injury or burnout.\n\u003e\n\u003e (Paraphrased) [Visakan Veerasamy](https://visakanv.com/)\n\nThere's a good chance that you, dear reader, are making a living by exchanging time for money. [This is ultimately not the ideal approach](https://jonathanstark.com/how-i-realized-that-hourly-billing-is-nuts), but we've all got to start somewhere, and \"time for money\" is well-understood.\n\nThis being the case, you're probably starting to think about how much each hour of your time is worth.\n\nAnd how much it \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003ecosts\u003c/span\u003e you to \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003enot\u003c/span\u003e be working.\n\nTwo-week vacation? It's not just the flights and the food; you're out 80-ish hours of billable time--and the higher your rate, the more that \"costs\". If you're engaged full-time with a client at $200/hour, you're out $16k. Yikes!\n\nThe thing is: that's \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003ebullshit\u003c/span\u003e.\n\nHere's why: you can't just work full-time continuously forever. Your body will stop working. You will burn out. You will go numb. And you will stop being \u003cspan class=\"underline\"\u003eable\u003c/span\u003e to work, and have to spend (non-billable!) time recovering just to get back to baseline. And you'll probably be unhappy the whole time.\n\nDon't burn out. Schedule your downtime. Take a vacation; you'll have to spend the time one way or another, and better to choose it than have fate choose for you",
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