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Workaholic NewsBlackBerry unveils Bold challenge to iPhoneWorkaholics in the City are likely to celebrate news that their favourite gadget, the BlackBerry, is set to become slicker, faster and more powerful.Read Full Article Just say ’no’ to your boss or heads will rollI mentioned last week that I was attempting to tackle my workaholicism and received several e-mails in response, nearly all from current and former colleagues inquiring how I could claim to be addicted to work when I evidently did so little.Read Full Article Not now, I’m still working. Ask me laterA number of years ago - I’m going to be deliberately vague and change details to prevent anyone from being identified – I attended a session of Workaholics Anonymous in London, with the intention of observing proceedings, and then mocking the idea of a counselling group for compulsive workers.<br/> <br/> The very concept of Workaholics Anonymous, which was originally set up in 1983 in New York by a financial planner and a schoolteacher, seemed intrinsically comic to me. How would workaholics ever find time to attend meetings? And, once they joined, would they overprepare, and compete to make lengthy Powerpoint presentations? It was the kind of hilarious piece that was going to write itself.<br/> <br/> But the piece never did write itself. And it has taken me some long time finally to get around to it. You see, there turned out to be nothing particularly hilarious about the meeting. I listened to one man explain how he spent so much time developing his business, to the exclusion of everything else, including exercise, that he had a heart attack. A woman blamed her divorce on trying to make it as a management consultant. Meanwhile, a young City professional said that overwork was making him suicidal.<br/> <br/> Also, I had, at the time, just started dating a workaholic, and the experience was beginning to alter my views. Before this, I didn’t really consider workahol a drug, not least because my immigrant family had instilled into me the importance of hard toil. My grandfather worked in a factory for eight years after his official retirement. At the age of ten, during school holidays, I was labouring up to 14 hours a day in a local sewing factory. And I worked so frantically at university that I ended up in hospital after my finals. Besides, if you enjoy your work, what’s the problem?<br/> <br/> Indeed, this girl’s workaholism – say she was Indian, in her thirties and a City lawyer – combined with her looks, intelligence and kindness was part of the attraction. At the time I was working especially hard, and a relationship where I saw the other person only at weekends seemed ideal.<br/> <br/> But things began to unravel when it transpired that our notions of hard work differed drastically. In comparison to her, I was Bez from the Happy Mondays. She worked between 8am and 11pm most days, almost never took weekends off and hadn’t had a holiday in years. Then, after a while, the little time we did spend together began to be invaded by her work. An invitation to the theatre turned out to be a corporate outing. A dinner party with a friend turned out to be a dinner party with a business contact. A Sunday afternoon movie was postponed to “dinner”, which was postponed to a “late takeaway”.<br/> <br/> Having railed in the past about various partners’ “neediness”, it was peculiar being on the other side of the fence. And when I began complaining about late night BlackBerry messaging, early morning client calls and of being ignored until 11pm, when my messages finally got a response, I began receiving sporadic daytime texts saying things like, “I’m thinking of you”. But it’s not enough to be thought about is it? I mean, I think of Sienna Miller quite often, but it doesn’t mean we have a relationship.<br/> <br/> The break-up was difficult because I still adored her in most ways, and, besides, look at the state of me. Some of us can’t afford to be so demanding. When I suggested ending it, I did so in the hope it would shock her into making concessions. But while claiming to be devastated, no concessions materialised. And as we parted I saw a flicker of something in her eyes that resembled relief. I know the feeling: you’re sad that yet another relationship has failed, that you’re another step closer to spending your life alone, but surreptitiously relieved because it means you can finally concentrate on your beloved work.<br/> <br/> Before someone writes in to point out that she may just have thought I was a moron, I should state at this point that, yes, she may just have thought I was a moron. It is always easier to blame someone else for a relationship failure, than to examine your own faults, of which I evidently have many. But this was my possibly self-deluded interpretation of events, and in retrospect I’m glad it happened because it finally made me appreciate that overwork is not harmless.Read Full Article When Hard Work Becomes OverworkHow can you tell if you are a workaholic?Read Full Article World Briefing | Europe: Germany: About Those WorkaholicsA survey of 32,000 men and women by researchers at the University of Göttingen found that more than 35 percent of those reporting unsatisfying sex lives tended to use work as a diversion.Read Full Article External News for: workaholicDavid Guetta talks about his new album and working with Estelle - Mirror.co.ukMirror.co.ukDavid Guetta talks about his new album and working with EstelleMirror.co.uk"All I do, day and night, is make beats, produce and play as a DJ," says workaholic David. "That's all I do. I don't watch TV, I don't go out - even when I ...and more »David Guetta talks about his new album and working with Estelle - Mirror.co.ukMirror.co.ukDavid Guetta talks about his new album and working with EstelleMirror.co.uk"All I do, day and night, is make beats, produce and play as a DJ," says workaholic David. "That's all I do. I don't watch TV, I don't go out - even when I ...and more »Deepika becomes workaholic after break-up - GlamShamGlamShamDeepika becomes workaholic after break-upGlamShamReports are that Deepika has turned workaholic in order to keep Ranbir out of her mind. Well, must say the formula is a sure fire cure for a freshly broken ...and more »David Guetta talks about his new album and working with Estelle - Mirror.co.ukMirror.co.ukDavid Guetta talks about his new album and working with EstelleMirror.co.uk"All I do, day and night, is make beats, produce and play as a DJ," says workaholic David. "That's all I do. I don't watch TV, I don't go out - even when I ...and more »Deepika becomes workaholic after break-up - GlamShamGlamShamDeepika becomes workaholic after break-upGlamShamReports are that Deepika has turned workaholic in order to keep Ranbir out of her mind. Well, must say the formula is a sure fire cure for a freshly broken ...and more »Fairy Tales, but Strictly Adults-Only - New York TimesNew York TimesFairy Tales, but Strictly Adults-OnlyNew York Times(A notorious workaholic, he had returned to the studio too soon after hip-replacement surgery in September.) Every so often his wife of 43 years, Karen, ... |
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