{"id":1282,"date":"2009-12-21T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattaboutmoney.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2010-10-23T21:45:57","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T02:45:57","slug":"do-you-work-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/2009\/12\/21\/do-you-work-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Work Too Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marriages involving a workaholic are twice as likely to end in divorce, according to a study done by Bryan Robinson, a University of North Carolina researcher and author of Chained to the Desk<\/a>.\u00a0 In an ABCNews.com <\/em>story<\/a>, Robinson makes a distinction between workaholics and hard workers.\u00a0 While workaholics, of course, work more hours than others, he says being a workaholic is also a state of mind: \u201cThe workaholic is on the ski slopes dreaming about getting back to work.\u00a0 The hard worker is in the office dreaming about being on the ski slopes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article noted that the stress of a tough economy often leads workaholics to work even more.\u00a0 Among the recommended steps for coping with a workaholic spouse: don\u2019t enable their workaholic tendencies by always rearranging your family\u2019s schedule to accommodate theirs and find mutually enjoyable hobbies you can do together.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I can relate to this article all too well, especially researcher Bryan Robinson\u2019s comment that \u201cworkaholics often feel like they have to be doing something.\u201d That\u2019s me. One coping mechanism that helps me enjoy down time is to put it on my to-do list.\u00a0 That way, even relaxation feels like an accomplishment.\u00a0 Not ideal, I know.\u00a0 But it works for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marriages involving a workaholic are twice as likely to end in divorce, according to a study done by Bryan Robinson, a University of North Carolina researcher and author of Chained to the Desk.\u00a0 In an ABCNews.com story, Robinson makes a distinction between workaholics and hard workers.\u00a0 While workaholics, of course, work more hours than others, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[118,134],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pC9nj-kG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattaboutmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}