Thank you, Michelle, for your detailed answer! It’s comforting to hear that you’ve felt this but currently feel good about where you’re at, gives me some hope!
Your general thoughts are extremely helpful, you’ve really hit the nail on the head:
Thank you, Moritz, for your answer! I'd agree that I don't really see this as anyone setting hard expectations - for this reason I think that at least part of an effective solution for me here is to do some personal work; why do I feel some sense of external pressure even though when I ask most EAs, they're supportive of healthy working habits? It's possible some part of me (maybe the part responsible for impostor syndrome) has over updated on the opinions of very few people about how much I should be doing and ignored the vast majority of EAs who encourage a healthier approach.
P.S.: thank you for offering this, if I can figure out the whole anonymity thing, I may well reach out!
Thank you, Kaleem! If you see this comment and are ok with sharing, what was it that prompted your manager to ask you to stop working as much? Was it just the sheer number of hours flagging to them as above "normal" or are there some concrete signs we can use to tell when others should take a break of some kind?
Thanks so much for your answer! It's quite reassuring to hear and also, I have thought about being quite forthright with employers as you've suggested, but have kind of squirmed at the thought of actually doing it - this is a little confidence boost to exercise some agency for me, so very grateful you took the time to answer!
Thank you for writing and posting this, Karla. I think this impact assessment is 1) really well-written and well-explained and 2) a really valuable addition to the forum.
I don't feel like I see lots of impact assessments on projects that don't go the way we might expect or want them to and it would be good to see more so that we, as a community, can update and others won't end up trying something too similar in future without considering these results first.
It also seems important that the project team got value out of doing this which itself shouldn't be understated; the lessons you've learned and the thoughts you share in the 'What next?' section seem right to me and I think it's a really solid example of someone in the community updating in response to evidence.
Looking forward to seeing what you go on to do next!