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Linda Xie
@linda
While I was a VC for 6 years, I spent a lot of time meeting with founders. I saw a LOT of burnout that wasn't always talked about publicly One takeaway for me going into founding a company was even though the hours are really long, I make sure to never skip taking care of my mental and physical health (or ever feel guilty about it) in order to maintain long term pace. This is what works for me e.g. no matter how chaotic things get, I make sure to do a daily 15 min walk minimum, take 2-3 fitness classes per week, and make sure every week I'm fitting in some things that make me happy (e.g. seeing family/friends, eating good food, etc). Still working on improving my sleep though
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Marcela
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I guess the concerns for mental health only now are starting to become significant and more and more studies try to convince people that, even though we act like machines, we are not. SciComm has also evolved a lot so it could help create new trends (such as the 4 day work week) that can spread to more countries, even undeveloped ones. Bad thing? founders don't have 4 days of work weekly, they have 7. But I still think it's a good starting point Said that, I also find sleep regulation the hardest part. I'm not a big founder, but even when I'm tired, I don't want to lose anything and I sure can't fit the things I want to do in 24h. So the thing i sacrifice is sleep. I hope you can regulate your sleep asap though
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