Well, it doesn’t apply to me, but it’s still great advice:

One piece of advice for young women. Do a whole lot of planning early on. Be as strategic about your personal life as you are about your career. And find an occupation where you can bend the rules. Then, work hard enough to deserve having those rules bent for you. (Sylvia Hewlett, Creating a Life)

Alternately, you could spend hours every day complaining, and see where that gets you…