Jason Fried Quotes

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.

I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.

I drove a blue and yellow Super Shuttle van for two 10-hour shifts on the weekend after a week at ACT of 10 A.M.-10 P.M. I wasn't surviving too much.

Burn out is such a real thing, especially when you are enjoying your job.

I think I was probably overworked. I was doing huge tours and having two days off and then going out again. It burned me out.

The business has taken a toll on me.

I am used to working long hours with no sleep.

Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

I wasn't even sure I'd be able to walk. I couldn't even go outside. Maybe I was just burnt crisp from the gruelling schedule I had been keeping for years.

When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.

President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.

I'm working myself to death.

It's tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost.

It's physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don't sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me - couple days a month, two hours a day.

I'm like everybody else. I get tired sometimes.

I'm going to do my best to do both and die of an ulcer at age 30.

Any staff that works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is bound to get burned out.

Normally, I work 18 hours a day.

You're constantly working and missing meals. You're away from your family, and you're doing it for, like, eight months.

I think I'm chronically exhausted.

Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move.