I'm the first person to recommend a life that is spent "poured into" something that's bigger than yourself.
Having said that, dude! You may be crossing the line into some kind of behavior problem. Just something to think about.
They say the definition of a problem is when you let something take over other areas of your life. If you're working 80+ hours a week (and I've done it) on a continual basis you don't have a rest of your life. Adding to that is this idea that somehow living in a different place is going to change your behavior? You may imagine those 5 days a week surfing now while you're in Atlanta, but when you get there you're going to be the same 80+ hour guy you are right now.
I wouldn't move -- at least if you think moving is going to fix this lifestyle thing. (I would move perhaps for other reasons though)
That's my totally uneducated and off-the-wall comment, fwiw.
I've actually lived at the beach and surfed before - and as long as there were waves, I've found the time. Whats more - I have ZERO interest in working 80 hour weeks. Its just what I have to do right now to get anything done with my startup. Its not a normal thing for me, its terrible. I think I'm more likely to have a single job in the valley because they fund early stage startups there (here that mostly does not happen), and because there are all kinds of interesting jobs in big data I could get that would probably satisfy me.
I don't think California is magic - I just think it has a tech center at the beach - which suits my lifestyle :)
I'm the first person to recommend a life that is spent "poured into" something that's bigger than yourself.
Having said that, dude! You may be crossing the line into some kind of behavior problem. Just something to think about.
They say the definition of a problem is when you let something take over other areas of your life. If you're working 80+ hours a week (and I've done it) on a continual basis you don't have a rest of your life. Adding to that is this idea that somehow living in a different place is going to change your behavior? You may imagine those 5 days a week surfing now while you're in Atlanta, but when you get there you're going to be the same 80+ hour guy you are right now.
I wouldn't move -- at least if you think moving is going to fix this lifestyle thing. (I would move perhaps for other reasons though)
That's my totally uneducated and off-the-wall comment, fwiw.