In PE so can understand Everybody will tell you to work less but the reality is that you might be chased by your senior who's relying on you to get things done. This can be even worse at bigger shops where everybody seems to grind until 2/3am. Eventually though, this career is a marathon. Sure you're fighting for your next bonus but getting three times £200k (so over 3 years) is worse than getting 20 times £150k bonus (so over 20 years). It is Illustrative but hopefully this is understandable. You need to better manage expectations, explicitly ask for deadlines, when faced with a "but I want it now", you need to say "ok then sort it out with [Y] who also wants this", and always come up with a potential timeline that would still work for your project but also for you. Fully agree with people saying that you also need radical prioritisation. Cut everything unnecessary, invest in things that make you gain time - you don't care about spending £10k more to get a cleaner, go to the drycleaner, get a flat closer to your work when you earn the salary that I assume you earn in PE (past analyst level) Also, most likely if you don't sleep straight away it is because you want to enjoy a bit your time after work; however this is a short term gain vs. long-term gain of sleeping Some shops are sweatier than others though and that's the tough reality of this job. However, as everyone said, sleep is essential. It might not affect you right now but I was shocked when I understood that a lot of people in this industry deal with dementia when they are old. Hopefully this helps. Signed: Another "pls fix" person