You could still start now if you want! I basically always worked with a timer or stopwatch running so I could easily track my time.

I admire multitaskers. I would love to be able to do that, but I basically have to only work on one thing at once or I get super overwhelmed.

Definitely not expected to work 24/7 here. Annoyingly, being in the office was very important though. I am not French, I'm American, and during my first year, I occasionally worked from home if I was sick or if I had to wait on a repairperson (sick days aren't a thing in France; you have to get a sick note from a doctor in order to be paid). And people would make such snide remarks insinuating that I wasn't actually working.