Positive response thus far, but I'm worn out

It's been about 24 hours since I launched the price guide. The responses I've heard from the people's opinions I value the most have been overwhelmingly positive - much more so than other things I've done. Even when I showed my partners their jaws dropped...which re-asserts the fact that I think I've got something special.

On a more personal level though, I'm worn out. When I'm programming like crazy I shut out my entire life - I exist for one purpose and that's to get the job done. Now that it's done, everything else is catching up with me. My back is still driving me nuts, is much worse than anticipated, and has sidelined me for over a month (although the doc just cleared me for light exercise this week which rocks). My free time/social life is still lacking, although I blame myself for holding back...it's not like the opportunities aren't there, just that I turn them down frequently to focus on my work (and recently cuz I can barely walk). And there's some drama in my family which led to a huge fight yesterday, kind of stealing my price guide thunder.

So I'm just worn out. I've caught up on sleep the past few days, but that's not it. It's the cumulative wear and tear of the last few years of overworking myself and teetering on the line of having a work/life balance. Anyone who works hard needs to find a way to draw lines and give themselves time away from their job, and without being able to go the gym the past month I've lost my escape and overall I've been in a pretty irritable mood.

I'm hoping that the switch to marketing from programming, combined with the beautiful spring weather and the fact that I now am healthy enough to move around a bit will solve the problem...at least temporarily. Long term I'm going to need to find a way to dial back the time spent working, but that's nothing new.