We're in that intense period after Labour Day. It's a good time to look at meaningful work, workaholism and perfectionism. Work has at least two distinct faces in our place and time. We truly need to stay aware of both of them. On the one…
Individual case studies needs to understand as much as possible about how workaholism can possess and consume the lives of individuals. If we take workaholism seriously as a form of addiction, what does that imply for the way we look at compulsive working?
In my clinical practice in individual case studies in an affluent suburb, workaholism is one of the more common issues. What is workaholism? The simple answer is "a consistent and compulsive addiction to working too much." And certainly long hours are characteristic of the workaholic.…
This post continues the themes of overwork and workaholism from my last post. It further explores some of the soul and feeling dimensions of overwork and workaholism through music.
Work is ultimately only meaningful and satisfying if life overall is meaningful. Both the self-imposed, compulsively avoidant working of the workaholic, and the oppressively imposed burdens of the bullied and overworked can deprive life of much or all of its real meaning.