[TheIronStar]

For those who believe in work-life balance and work-life separation:

How much time outside the office do you spend on outside work related to your career?

Is work-life separation considered passe' in this age among the set who wish to rocket up in one's career in high-paying occupations?

These are questions I'm trying to figure answers to myself, so I'd like to hear your thoughts also.

Just for clarification of my own situation: Oftentimes people who write of work-life balance are those looking to start families. In my case, that's not what it's about. Rather, I've seen what happened when other people burned themselves out, or what happened when their lives focused solely on work and nothing else, and realized that I wanted no part of that--I wanted to also have a full social life and time to keep my body in good shape, as well as some personal time. However, I wonder whether I'm knocking myself out of the running for real advancement these days, as keeping up with technologies, business, etc. seems to be more and more all-consuming, and it seems that the real rewards go to people who live and breathe their careers.

As for work-life separation, I do not believe in spending my days digitally tethered to the workplace more than absolutely necessary, and do I currently blend work relationships and personal relationships.