How Much Work Is Too Much Work?

[Lyn]

Basically, when is it considered being a workaholic? Leo has said many times in his videos that hard work is important but not to the point of being a workaholic. I want to know, when do I get to that point?

For me, I know it's not good but I often skip multiple meals and hours of sleep because I cannot stop working. In the moment I feel like there is literally nothing more important than my work. I'm an art student, already starting work in the art industry, and since it's such a competitive industry it's a common mindset in this field of study to be working and practicing our asses off everyday. The whole, wake up and work until nightfall, kind of routine. I do meditate for 20 minutes when I wake up, along with positive affirmations and visualization and light exercise, but then I work for hours and hours with no breaks.

I know this kind of routine/habit is unsustainable and unhealthy, and I believe part of it is my deep-rooted anxiety surrounding failure. I want to have a good balance of work and rest, but I don't know where the line falls. I feel like anything less than this is not enough, basically.
I do have a tumblr blog where I interact with my several thousand followers daily and that takes up a portion of my time, but because I feel like it's a waste of time I'm thinking of deleting that too so I can make even more time in my day to work. I'm not sure what's a good or bad decision at this point.

Thank you for any thoughts on this or even just some of your own experience with productivity like this if you've ever felt something similar!

[Leo Gura]

Shoot for 40-50 hours per week.

And take a 10 minutes break every 90 minutes at least.