Respect your health and do not over-employ/overwork!

Recently received bad news from my mentee community that we have another one fallen to a hospital bed due to work fatigue. The fallen mentee is now conscious (luckily) but very very weak, more/less similar to how I was two years ago.

So how did this mentee and I reached/abuse our health to work fatigue?

• Me, I worked 120 hours per week for 2 months. Until one day, I couldn't wake up (or like in coma), because my wife (as she said), was already pinching my balls, but no reaction. My reason to continue, is I want to expand my financial portfolio even if I have enough savings and investment capital to leave.
• Mentee, more/less the same thing, but only has <4 hours per day of sleep since he has to work multiple jobs one main job (9-6 on weekdays), with 2-5 clients on the side. His reason, he still has to earn a lot of funds for his emergency fund (at least 6 months or 1M in less than 6 months) and build an investment portfolio to start investing.

Don't get me wrong, I know why most people prefer to have multiple jobs as the hustle culture is indeed doable. But don't be like us, that don't have time to rest/reset or have enough sleep with time for leisure to decompress.

My advise? Make sure if you're overworked (overemployed or with a lot of overtimes), the extra load is worth the reward/salary! Beacuse if you still have to work at least 2 more jobs on the side just to beat inflation or start having savings funds, it's best to find a better employer that pays a higher rate. Easier said than done, but hospital bills ain't a joke. For me, I almost shelled out P500k (after HMO) for a week stay with another P250k for physical therapy for two weeks.