Fun Holidays - Workaholics Day

Around each of us there is a person who is so absorbed in work that he sacrifices many other areas of life for it Workaholics place professional duties and careers above friendship, the interests of family and loved ones They spend a lot of time at work, forgetting about simple but much-needed joys for a person - meetings with parents, games with children, dates, going on picnics and birthdays July 5th is Workaholics Day The funny Workaholics Day was invented to draw the attention of people whose goal in life is only fulfillment at work, to an unhealthy dependence on it Workaholics are highly valued by bosses as trouble-free, responsible and efficient employees However, overwork and refusal to rest on weekends and during vacations have a negative impact on people’s health Workaholics suffer from psychosomatic problems and a number of nervous system diseases Dependence on work has a bad effect on relationships with people around you and your personal life, leading to loneliness The term “workaholic” was coined in 1971 by American psychologist Wayne Oates With it, he outlined the uncontrollable human need for continuous work Addiction leads to low concentration, emotional exhaustion, neuroses and depression, the development of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes Work-obsessed people who work more than 40 hours a week have metabolic syndrome, a metabolic disorder associated with obesity Workaholics Day calls for attention to the consequences of this unhealthy addiction You need to learn to control your manic passion for work in order to preserve your own health and relationships with loved ones To do this, experts recommend that workaholics start doing something distracting and at the same time exciting: remember an old hobby or come up with a new one, start a tradition of visiting parents weekly and meeting friends in a cafe In addition, it is useful to think about what is associated with manic dependence on work Extrinsic motivation is often money and status achieved through hard work Intrinsic motivation is passion for what you do, having an inclination and even talent for it It is associated with diligence, perseverance and optimism, which work as a defense mechanism in case of professional failures It is advisable for workaholics to try to find a balance that will fill their existence with not just one, but many meanings Ideally, you need to achieve life harmony, which is colorfully described in the famous expression: “Happiness is when you happily go to work in the morning, and happily return home in the evening”