Is Work Taking Over Your Life?
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The Warning Signs
First, the warning signs! You really need to re-evaluate your situation if more than 2 or 3 of the following apply:
- You are regularly working more than 10 hours a day.
- However hard you work, you never, ever get to the bottom of your in tray.
- You can’t remember the last time you had a really good laugh in the office.
- You routinely suffer from “Sunday-night blues”.
- When you get home from work, you feel physically and emotionally drained.
- You can’t get through the working day without regular fixes of caffeine/chocolate/nicotine.
- You’ve got a reputation among your friends for always cancelling at the last minute.
- You take work home with you in the evening or at weekends.
If these statements describe you and your situation, you’re getting to the point where work is taking over your life. That’s no way to live. Work should be something that adds to, not detracts from, the quality of your life. Your work should interest you, energise you and give you a buzz. But it should also leave you time to enjoy the other aspects of your life – your friends and family, your hobbies and other interests. We work best when our lives are in balance.
