Original Advice
“Reliability isn't a free pass to overwork: Calling it 'dedication' doesn't change the cost. If you're always the last one online, you might be chasing safety through productivity, not impact. The bill arrives as fatigue, resentments, and stalled joy.”
Work Isn't a Security Blanket
Quit calling exhaustion loyalty. You aren't indispensable; you're available. Staying last online is a performance of safety, not influence. The company sleeps fine without your glowing dot. Your body doesn't. Fatigue compounds like interest. Resentment ferments in your inbox drafts. Joy rusts in your calendar. If you're always catching up, you're not ascending—you're orbiting the same task list, mistaking motion for momentum.
Overworking feels clean because it gives you rules. Deliverable in, approval out. But the exchange rate is cruel. You trade attention for applause and lose both. Impact comes from rested judgment, not heroic availability. The people who matter remember your clarity, not your late timestamps. Security comes from boundaries, not burnout. If your calendar is airtight, your imagination can't breathe. Your work shrinks to what fits.
Cosmic Context
You are Taurus: fixed earth, built for steady growth, not endless grind. Your gift is stamina, not self-erasure.
Action
──────Log off at 6 p.m., no exceptions, for 14 days.
✨ You are allowed to be reliable without being reachable. ✨