Are you working too hard?

2020-01-07T15:57:00-05:00

In a recent Harvard Business Review essay, Rebecca Zucker, an executive leadership coach, dove into a discussion on workaholism and over work. In the piece, she identifies 5 key signs that a professional is overworking themselves:

1. You aren't taking time off.

Zucker writes that those who consistently put off vacations, regularly work all weekend, or dismiss the idea of an occasional day off are on a path to burnout. She advocates that even smaller, more frequent breaks, like taking the weekend to regroup or allotting personal time in the evenings can be helpful in keeping energy levels sustainable.

2. You deprioritize personal relationships.

Social relationships, Zucker writes, are directly related to our health and our overall lifespan. When we put our social relationships on the back-burner to make more time for work, we are inadvertently effecting our health and wellness. Zucker cites research that suggests a lack of social relationships has the same effect as smoking 15 cigare...

2 questions to ask yourself before pulling an all-nighter

2019-10-11T12:30:00-04:00

The all-nighter is a common occurrence in architecture today, especially in school. We briefly explored the reasons for this growing phenomenon in The Architecture Student's Guide to Studio, but let's dive a little deeper into the issue. Here are 2 things you should ask yourself before you decide to pull an all-nighter:

Would I be better off getting rest and returning to the work?

Tiredness is one of the primary factors in decreased performance, both mentally and physically. We think we are "sticking it out" and "working hard" by staying awake for 48 plus hours with no sleep. We even brag about it to each other. During school, I'd always show up to studio early in the morning and one day, a colleague who had been up for around two and half days came up to me visibly exhausted and told me she kept hallucinating and having "visions." After she told me this she walked back to her desk and continued working.

I've done this before too (not to the extreme of my colleague). I stay late, tr...

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Are you working too hard?

2 questions to ask yourself before pulling an all-nighter