• Took on too many projects and under-estimated LOE for most of them
• Completed in excess of 20 hrs / week of unplanned, ad-hoc, and escalated work
• Permanently screwed up my eating and sleep schedule
• Got pulled into multiple sensitive side-projects, consuming unaccounted-for time
• Lied to numerous friends and colleagues in order to cover-up sensitive side-projects
• Tripled the number of gray hairs on my head
• Spent approximately 15 hrs / week chasing info as a result of poor communication
• Failed to maintain my already-pathetic exercise regime, gaining 15 lbs
• Increased email inbox backlog by an order of magnitude
• Spent 50% of all family events on unplanned conf calls
• Lost touch with old friends and alienated new friends
• Failed to make progress on any hobby projects
• Lost interest in life, considered becoming a hobo, but didn’t have enough energy to follow-through

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