How long can we live at full throttle?

How long can we live at full throttle ...is that living Trying to keep your life on an even keel when you have meteorites flying by is a hard thing.  Some of the flying debris had my name on it and some were headed for folks that need help and some were tasks that need to be done and no one to do them..  Whatever… there was a meteorite shower this weekend.  I am pretty good at catching falling stars but this was a test for an even proficient juggler.  So you say, what can be set aside and it was my writing and my knitting.    At the last minute I ended up knee deep at the holiday house tour and unfortunately it required me to use the knee.  Amazingly, I have tried to pay very close attention to what the knee is saying and I got good cooperation from my body that allowed me to walk many miles during the 5 hour tour. I made tapioca for my house helper and scones for the man that I had asked to move his car while reading the paper….  My house mate decided he has an allergy to my lucky cat, so I hired two people and we scrubbed every inch of his space, installed an air purifier, and put a barricade between my dining room and the library…  I still have two loads of his laundry to do…  That was a bigger job than anyone can imagine.. I will only say… “little boys” are very very untidy. But as I am about to leave for Asia, getting this settled was vital since I will rely on him to toss food at the cats with his face mask on.
I am giving myself a pass on all of this for I could see the end in sight and knew this was just a blip in my otherwise fairly tranquil life.  Oh I will always pack a lot into my day… but getting 10 minutes of uninterrupted tranquility every 3 hrs is vital.  When I programmed, I put on music and at the beginning of every song, I blinked.  You don’t blink when you stare at the screen for long periods of time.  Your eye becomes dry and you are in trouble.   Hard to blink when you are doing code and there is a problem but hard not to blink.   A good life requires a blink and 10 minutes of away time.

I am still connected to many people coming home at 8-9 at night to get up at 5 to start to do it over… and in 99 yrs will it matter… probably not to the company but the person give up their sanity to do the 60-80 hr work week… it really isn’t worth it and in time, you will pay.