Machiavelli wrote something like this,

“If you get consumption, in the beginning it will be easy to cure and difficult to recognize. But over time, if unrecognized and untreated, it will become easy recognize and difficult to cure.” - Adapted from Machiavelli’s The Prince

If you are overworking yourself, at the onset it will be easy to cure but it will be difficult to recognize. You won’t see it coming, you’ll think you’re being amazingly productive, or something else.

But as your work stress compounds and compounds the signs of overwork become more recognizable - poor sleep, poor performance, poor habits. And as Machiavelli observes, at that point, it is difficult to cure.

Mind your body and mind your spirit.

Your decisions create compound interest that you won’t feel until later, and the return might not be what you want.

Nobody pays you enough not to watch out for yourself.