India, May 7 -- An NIT alumnus and founder has sparked a viral conversation after revealing how he reclaimed his health by refusing to work on US time. For years, the entrepreneur followed the "cost of doing business" by sleeping at 4 am and missing sunlight to accommodate international clients. However, after a severe burnout left him bedridden, he realised the problem wasn't the time zone, but his own lack of boundaries. By implementing a strict 10 pm bedtime and limiting his availability to IST hours, he expected a backlash that never came. Instead, his clients respected the move.

"I'm in India. Most of my clients are in the US and I still sleep at 10 PM every night. How? I set a boundary. And I stick to it," Ashwini Kumar, whose Link...