When I'm at work its a 84 hr week, 12 hr shifts plus study after that. Thats for 3 weeks at a time, on a production platform, middle of the ocean. Its high stress, high production dollars and lots of experience around me for support.

I've been a part of the management team for the last 6 years and the key is delegation as stated above. If the swing offshore starts off hectic and you forget that 1 key word, "delegation" it makes for a long 3 weeks. The experience and knowledge is there its just knowing how to get it out of the people when and how you need it. In Australia you can't just let someone go, in fact the employee has all the rights and almost impossible to get rid of. When you hire someone its almost as expensive and stressful as a divorce if you want to get rid of them. Hire once and hire right.

The upside is that I only work for 21 weeks of the year, the rest is spent doing the things I enjoy, family,renovating and of course anything that moves.
When at work, I'm at work, when at home, I'm home. 2 different lives both satisfying for different reasons.

I don't want to make this to personal but those extra work hours could be used for other productive things like improving your life.

Family Time
Friends
Vacation
Charity Volunteer
Excercise

To much of anything is to much.

21 weeks out of 52 sounds like it leaves plenty of time to enjoy life..

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45-50 hrs . Commision Body tech . Its a dying proffession . Large high prodution shops continue to give the work away and kiss the insurance companies ass . so the rates are the same as they were 8-9 years ago
Another local 30 year shop just closed up .
I look for something else everyday .
I make the same as I did 10 years ago when there is work .
State Farm has Five yes Five corporate jets ...wtf

When I first opened my store I was there 7 days a week 12+ hours a day. That sucked!

Now Im at 2-3 hours a day about 5 days a week running around getting supplies, making sure stores are clean, collecting deposits, etc.

All the weeks off are great and leaves lots of time to travel and see and do all a person would want to do without being retired.

Its taken awhile but it feels balanced now.

I'm curious.....what type of store?

Restaurants

Mine is unusual also. After retireing from the Air Force (flightline maintinance) where you worked whatever hours it took to to get the jets ready. Now I am a contractor for the AF and deploy for 4 months where I work 7 days a week 12 hrs a day (84 hrs week). Then I come home and have 4 months off to do whatever I want. So during that time off I get to recharge the batteries.

50 hours a week but on call all the time