Pete Wright

Their expectation is I'm thinking about them as much as they're thinking about them.

And that becomes actually, I think, a real curse to work life balance.

Right.

because I find when I'm not working, when I'm trying to disconnect, when I'm trying to play or relax, it's hard to shut out the signal of the constant drone of what should I be thinking about right now to move client work forward.

It's really hard to disconnect.

It's coming from inside the house.

I want to go back because I talked a little bit about my schedule, like when I'm available, unavailable.

And I just want to walk through how you think about work-life balance in terms of your day.

What does the daily buckle shuffle of Tom Metz look like?

You know, like your workaday norms.

Buckle shuffle, you know, moving your feet through the day.

Oh, I see.

The buckles on your shoes, they shuffle about.

That may be an antique statement.

Oh, that's the worst.

I think for me, I still maintain a pretty standard schedule.

I get up at six.

I spend about a half hour reading my newsfeeds.

And my newsfeeds consist of nerd news, mostly.

Yeah.