Work addiction ≠ hard work Say you can't live a day without alcohol, and they will recommend you seek treatment. Say you can't live a day without work, and they'll make an example of you. For some reason, this dependence is respected in our society. Moreover, workaholism is not measured by the number of hours spent in the office. Its main symptom is the inability to stop. A diligent person knows not only how to work, but also how to relax. The workaholic keeps looking for something to do, even when all the work is done, all the money is earned and there is nothing urgent left. Because outside of work he will have a meeting with himself, and sometimes it is much more difficult. Work in general is an excellent escape from unresolved life problems. There is a position, status, clear goals, subordinates who need your participation. But at home no one will give you a bonus for a good conversation with your wife or promote you for paying attention to your children. From an efficiency point of view, this is a completely useless pastime. The irony is that a person strives for success all his life in order to finally become independent: he creates a business, hires people, accumulates capital. And then it turns out that he can't turn off the phone even at dinner - while continuing to be genuinely proud of its necessity. But if you have built a system without which you cannot live a day, who controls whom? I would add one more to the usual indicators of success - the time a person can manage at his discretion. Not the number of days off or vacation days, but the ability to choose what to dedicate your life to today. If you want, you work until midnight on an interesting project. Whatever you want, spend the day with your loved ones, read a book or do nothing. And you don't feel any anxiety or guilt about it. After all, money is one of the tools to achieve freedom. It's quite absurd to devote your whole life to accumulating them and finally find that you never have any freedom.