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Re:A dirty dish by the sink can be a big marriage problem by jimkleiber on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @07:43PM (#31021712)
I appreciate this comment. Something I've currently struggled with is the tension between a private life (romance, family, etc) and a public life (running a business, podcast, politics). I find that sometimes a private life wants me to care about those few people more than all the other people and a public life wants me to care about all people equally. Maybe that story of the CEO stuck with me and has added to the fear I feel about becoming too public (will lose my romance and family), and may be why I've hidden more and more from public life.

Anyway, I'm grateful for you showing another side to this, thank you.

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Re:A dirty dish by the sink can be a big marriage problem by KerrAvon on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @08:14PM (#31021931)
The people I know who have been successful at both simultaneously have extremely rigid boundaries between their business and personal lives, to the point of being different people at work and at home. Even they almost universally eventually discover they're not as available to their children as they thought they were, however. Caveat emptor.
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