I'm curious about the topic of 'work ethic'. I've always had a strange pattern to my work effort and focus in that I tend to be ultra-focused for moments in time based on issues/projects/agreements that are strategically important then I just need to coast for a little bit. My entire career has been startup to acquirer, acquirer for a few years on retention agreements, back to startup. Obviously, the startup stress and focus is extreme as compared to working for a huge company post acquisition, which I find boring and slow. And I fully understand tech entrepreneurs are a strange breed.

But even in startups, I tend to follow the on/off pattern because I just cannot keep up that level of intensity for too long. Then, once the issue/project at hand is done I just relax for a week or two (working but at a very casual pace) then ramp back up. I would imagine the litigators in the LR are similar wrt trials.

I've always imagined most people approach their work effort at a consistent/measured pace, or atleast without major swings on either side. Most of the people I work with are quite steady day to day while I'm way up or down, depending. I watched my Dad's entire career in the military then in the DoD and it seemed very steady day to day, year after year.

Anyone else have an inconsistent work pattern?