In "A Field Guide to the Workaholic," it gives "pointers" to not become a workaholic, and if you are considered a workaholic, ways to better your working habits. I don't consider myself a workaholic, but some of the points the article was making, I thought to myself, "That's a good point!" I like a lot of things about the article, it brings a person's feelings into the equation. It brought a lot of statistics to attention, that I never knew about. It really made me sit back and think about my own work experience and ethics. I agree the general idea of the article, to do what makes you happy.
I can certainly relate to the torm 'workaholic' and as my children were growing up and were 'very young' teenagers, there was a time I worked 3, yep THREE jobs at the same time. I worked a full 40 week job during the week and weeknights 3-4 part time and had a weekend job also. I did this to support them 'better' , I thought to give them all the opportunities that their classmates had, which I did. However, as they are grown now I realize that I stole from them the thing they wanted the most, which was simply 'time with me'. Definite relationship with this article..*
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