Soldato
I think there is a very big difference in putting yourself out there at work and making yourself seen, at work, vs. taking work home and letting it rule your life outside of work. I work on the basis that, if I am going to be doing something that is higher visibility, higher priority and more impact, than something else, I'll drop that something else. That can wait. If the person has an issue with that, I'll get someone else to look at it, or they can wait. More often or not, they will wait.There's nothing wrong with doing the bare minimum as far as job requirements are concerned, in my opinion. You're paid to do 'X', providing 'X' is done then if you don't want to go above and beyond then don't, you certainly won't get any praise for it in my experience.
You can do a lot with the 8hrs a day you have. You just have to be willing to drop **** you don't think will be the highest impact.