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Pay yourself first

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DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON October 4, 2025 ABOUT DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON Sent to the world with HEY

There'll always be more emails in need of reply, more meetings to attend, and more updates to read. A person can fill the entire workweek with these tasks over and over again. But to stay sane and sharp, you must pay yourself first by doing the work that actually means something to you. I feel this acutely as someone responsible to employees, customers, followers, and readers. I could do nothing all day but check up on projects, people, and posts, but my brain would quickly check out if it was just doing that. So quite frequently, I just don't. Don't check in, don't check up, and instead dive

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