Too, right, 'Spaw,
Newspapers are the same - which is why so many good guys play too hard and burn out.
I used to get so depressed by meetups with hacks in odd parts of the world in which the conversation would, within five minutes, turn to "Whatever happened to...?"
It's a factor of an existence where your job is your life, and the hell take the rest. Heck, but it's nice not to be doing that any more!