The Mental Health Effects of Studying and Working

Darren O'Brien: A lot of people mentioned, like in general, families, kids or significant others, making sure that you had time with them became a struggle at a certain point. When he was studying for his CCIE, he was labbing seven days a week. It caught up to him, and he said he had to basically force himself to take Sundays off with with no tech at all so that he could spend time with his wife. "I can't relate too much to some of the family centric stuff, but I can understand it," says O'Brien. 'It's there. They're in direct competition of your time.'