If I count the travel time, I finished my 40-h work week by Wednesday. Why bragging about prioritizing work over family? Hustle culture isn’t that cool honestly. When pushing >80 h work weeks, most normal people are just on their way to a burn-out. However, it is not that simple. In my case, I performed field measurements in a school I have designed the acoustics. I started that work in 2021 and now, over 4 years later the buildings are almost finished. Just think about it for a second, how frustrating it is to make recommendations to a client and then wait for almost half a decade until you get feedback and can finally own the consequences of your recommendations. Feedback should be rapid, but this is the reality of civil engineering. That’s why I pushed such an insane work week. My curiosity was like a fire I couldn’t put out. I had to know if my calculations worked in practice!