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A friend of mine (who's nearly 50) put in over 2000 hours into playing Destiny one year. That's about the same as a full time job. He has a wife and two kids, and a very full time job.

Doing that much work on a side gig is totally possible if you want to do it and have the right disposition.




That’s over 5 hours a day. If you have wife and kids and a job then either you, your job or your family is missing out.


Okay, but how healthy is it really? Maybe I am projecting my issues onto other people but I often get less sleep when I invest a lot of time into my side projects as well as my job.


Granted, 2000 hours is a lot, but most humans need at least some time to unwind and relax in order to maintain high levels of productivity.


I think it sounds like he spent 2000 hours unwinding and relaxing?




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