Submitted by Aaron Antrim (not verified) on Tue, 2008-01-29 14:10.
Josh- I’ve been thinking about this myself lately, and you put it out there so well, and so thoroughly — better than I could have or would have. Thinking about workaholism as an addiction makes a lot of sense to me. It seems that the more I accomplish, instead of being satisfied with what I’ve done, I just set the bar higher, and think that with more experience and knowledge, financial capital, and connections I should just be doing more, and better the next time around. After a while, this begins to feel like an unpleasant trap instead of being part of life, growth, good times, and good things.
So, I am working to force myself to schedule time out, and to force myself not to care if I don’t get EVERYTHING done. Just the important stuff.
I hear ya!
Josh- I’ve been thinking about this myself lately, and you put it out there so well, and so thoroughly — better than I could have or would have. Thinking about workaholism as an addiction makes a lot of sense to me. It seems that the more I accomplish, instead of being satisfied with what I’ve done, I just set the bar higher, and think that with more experience and knowledge, financial capital, and connections I should just be doing more, and better the next time around. After a while, this begins to feel like an unpleasant trap instead of being part of life, growth, good times, and good things.
So, I am working to force myself to schedule time out, and to force myself not to care if I don’t get EVERYTHING done. Just the important stuff.