How long can person sustain working 13 to 14 hours a day?

Question

My cousin is an attorney and he says that's how many hours a day he works.He has been doing this for almost 2 years now. Is that humanly possible? I mean every single day? Monday thru-Friday. Is their no side effects to people doing that?

I mean he really loves what he's doing, but in my mind it just seems like to many hours but that's just me. I mean theirs no labor work involved but still.

Answer 1

As long as he is getting a good night's sleep, eating properly and getting enough exercise, he should be okay.  Many people go thru life as workaholics.  I am sure his body would let him know if he were overdoing it.

Answer 2

he can do this indefinitely it's not as though he's indulging in any manual labour he's got it easy compared to some manual workers

Answer 3

Is the person actually "hardly working" or "working hard"?  There are some jobs that have those long hours but there's so much down time that during that time they're resting.  Then there's some that's constant none stop.  Too many regulating agencies that would prevent (but since he's like self-employed different senerio) that time period of working like that.

Answer 4

you do what you must

as a coal miner I worked 13 hours a day six days a week for years

Answer 5

For along time. Your body will get use to working the hours,so i would say you can work those hours for years.