Overwork is the one form of self-neglect that gets applauded. It is also rarely just about the job — more often it is about what the busyness is keeping at arm's length, or what you believe about your worth when you are not producing.
The cost tends to appear somewhere else first: a relationship running on logistics, a body that is always fighting something off, a Sunday evening dread that starts earlier every week.
Boundaries are usually framed as a skills problem. They are more often a belief problem — and that is workable.
How the work tends to go
Values clarification to work out what you are actually trading and for what, CBT on the beliefs that make saying no feel dangerous, and mindfulness so that rest becomes something you can be present for.
