Unpopular opinion: The obsession with 'work-life balance' early in your career is a trap.
​Real excellence requires periods of intense, unbalanced obsession. Every person who built something incredible, mastered a hard domain, or changed their family's trajectory spent years completely off-balance.
​Harmony is what you earn after you build leverage. Seeking it from day one is just choosing mediocrity with better aesthetics.
​Change my mind.