There’s the virtually fixed upheaval at Twitter the place, after he purchased the social media platform final yr for $44 billion, he rolled out a raft of cuts from workers to workplaces to knowledge facilities.

That doesn’t have in mind his different day job working Tesla—which comes with its justifiable share of challenges, together with court docket circumstances. After which after all there’s SpaceX, the spacecraft producer and satellite tv for pc firm he based in 2002, which now companions with NASA.

So it’s no shock he’s strung out a bit of greater than most individuals.

In an impromptu interview with British broadcasters the BBC—which was shared on Twitter Areas and reportedly had 3.3 million listeners at one level— the member of the so-called PayPal Mafia revealed he had a quantity or regrets concerning the Twitter takeover.

Musk, the second richest man on the planet, has been vocal concerning the strains working three companies has taken on him. In February, he admitted he was “frightened” about his psychological wellbeing, and a seek for a brand new CEO at Twitter has been hampered by discovering somebody “silly” sufficient to tackle the complicated position.

In his sit-down with the BBC’s James Clayton, Musk revealed his lengthy days—not all of that are spent at Twitter—regularly drive him to sleep within the social media big’s San Francisco headquarters.

He revealed: “I generally sleep within the workplace”, including that he has a spot on a sofa in a library on the constructing’s seventh flooring “that no one goes to”.

Musk isn’t any stranger to sofa-surfing. Earlier this week, a fan on Twitter posted a photograph of an empty-looking room with a mattress on the ground, claiming it was the bed room of Musk.

The person value $189.1 billion, in keeping with Forbes, responded that the speculation isn’t “completely fallacious”, including: “Slept on a good friend’s sofa final weekend.”

3 a.m. rule

No less than when he’s asleep he’s not getting himself into bother, with Musk telling the BBC that maybe he shouldn’t publish on Twitter after 3 a.m.

Such antics on-line have gotten him into sizzling water with Tesla traders, after the boss was taken to court docket over posts that boosted after which sank the inventory value of the EV producer.

“Have I shot myself within the foot with tweets a number of occasions? Sure. I would like bulletproof footwear at this level,” Musk stated. “I feel I shouldn’t tweet after 3 a.m—perhaps 2 a.m.”

“Good” twitter guidelines for customers, he agreed, embody not tweeting when indignant or having had a drink.

“Should you’re going to tweet one thing that perhaps is controversial, put it aside as a draft and take a look at it the subsequent day in the event you nonetheless need to tweet it,” he added. “That has been a very good rule of thumb.

“There’s a bunch of issues in my drafts that I’m glad I didn’t ship.”

Twitter’s toll

Within the BBC interview, Musk speaks candidly about how “painful” the method of taking Twitter on and remodeling it has been, including he “didn’t have a coronary heart of stone”.

Such vulnerability isn’t exceptional from the CEO, who stated in February the strain he was below is a “ache he wouldn’t want on anybody”.

Concern for Musk has been ramping up since November, when it was revealed his schedule consisted of waking up, working nonstop, then sleeping, seven days per week. This meant his typical work week of between 70 and 80 hours now sits at round 120—prompting a fan to tweet, “Please be secure and take care”.

Musk responded: “I’m frightened about me, too.”

Then in January the CEO apologized throughout a trial for “squirming round” on the witness stand, ascribing it to “fairly extreme again ache” and issue sleeping the night time earlier than. 

In addition to unhealthy sleep on workplace sofas, Musk has additionally admitted his weight loss plan isn’t the very best, as he eats a donut for breakfast on daily basis.

Peter Diamandis, one of many founding companions of well being care enterprise Fountain Life, tweeted earlier this week that “sugar is poison.” 

Musk responded: “I eat a donut each morning. Nonetheless alive.”