# Are you a workaholic!?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-workaholic/569669>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 31, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-workaholic/569669 "2011-01-31T17:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-workaholic/569669/21 "2011-02-03T08:31:23Z")

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Nope. While I find bits of my job satisfying, it’s still something I do because I have to. Given the chance to stop working, I’d do so in a heartbeat - I have tons of hobbies I find way more satisfying than my work, and would far rather devote my time to them.

My boss is a workaholic - she’s completely devoted to the company, and they really take advantage of her. When I first started, she was giving me a tour of the building, and started to explain the alarm codes “because you’ll need to set it if you’re working after 9pm”.

She seemed somewhat surprised when I replied that if I was ever still here after 9pm, it would mean my husband had kicked me out of the house.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-workaholic/569669/22 "2011-02-03T10:01:48Z")

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I was thinking about this the other day. If I was wealthy, I would still do some variation of what I do now, but I just wouldnt’ take any crap off anybody.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-workaholic/569669/23 "2011-02-03T18:06:54Z")

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> Originally Posted by \*\*Dallas Jones \*\*If you go to work and then the next day you wake up feeling shitty and vowing never to do it again, but you still get right back up and repeat it all over again, then you are a workaholic.

> [@SpoilerVirgin](#):
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> See, this is completely the opposite of how I define workaholic. If you dislike your job, but work long hours for other reasons (need money, fear that you won’t be able to find another, desire to please your boss, etc.) you are not a workaholic. If you have the choice to be doing other things, but you _choose_ to work instead, that to me is a workaholic.

I was attempting a joke about a workaholic ‘hang-over’. It must have failed. 😉

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-workaholic/569669/24 "2011-02-03T18:17:08Z")

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I have two modes - workaholic and total sloth. Balance is a challenge for me. I’m currently preparing for a vacation with zero internet or cell access in the middle of a challenging project. I suspect I’ll be insane for the first couple days until I slip into sloth mode.

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