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Originally Posted by guccilvr
While I'm a workaholic, I do a pretty good job of seperating things. When I go home.. I'm home. I don't answer any calls from clients or assoicates unless they leave a panicked voicemail.
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Originally Posted by BadNick
I think I'm the antithesis of workaholic. I'm sort of j/k... but sometimes I think "where have I failed" since I have a 9-5 "job" that I mostly forget about when I get home, never take calls or emails unless I'm actually in my office...
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We have a friend in Chicago who works very long hours. He called us on a Friday night once at 10:30pm to tell us that he wouldn't be able to make it to a dinner we had planned because he was working. He didn't leave his office until after 1 and then even went in on Saturday at 10 am. We would watch movies, and he would read emails on his blackberry, then respond to them. He would then sometimes leave at 9 at night to go back to work to respond to a phone call. We asked him once how in the hell he did this and he said, "They pay me a hell of a lot of money to be available at all times." He then later admitted that he never got to enjoy the money he made because he was always at work. He joked that he'd have a hell of a retirement though but would then say that he probably wouldn't live to enjoy it because of work stress.
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Originally Posted by Midnight
mmm I was one of those people that lived for work...
I'm finding working for myself to be far more enjoyable these days, instead of working for someone else. I was definitely tired of working with walking pneumonia, bhronchitis, and being on call 24-7-365. I make less than 1/3 now than what I did working like that, but I'm a hell of a lot better both physically and mentally than I was then. That is worth doing this for, even if money is insanely tight. More time with my daughter, now that in itself, is priceless beyond measure.
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This used to be part of the American Dream. Now, it's becoming an increasingly unreachable pipe dream. Not because it's not doable, but because people refuse to take a cut in pay to realize it.