The work/rest balance

Lately I have doing far too much of the former. The tax credit is coming to an end and people are starting to pile in to try and qualify. I felt like I had a good handle on the balance between work and down-time, but now I have been starting to ask myself, at what point to I start telling people no?

Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly in no position to complain, and this steady increase in business is certainly an undeserved blessing, but my dilemma still persists. I find that when I work too long, I can quickly develop a sense of bitterness and unimportance to anything that is not work related, but swinging to the other extreme, of pure slothfulness is just as debilitating. What ever happened to the good ol' 40 hour work week?

I guess at the end of the day, there is no quick fix to the dilemma, its all about consistently striving for that balance. Work is needed, but if we put it above all else, we will soon realize that our life has been wasted in the endless pursuit.