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Work is the primary method of making a living. When work becomes your
culture, your
lifestyle, it is time to re-evaluate that standard of living.
Here are a few signs that it is time for a workaholic to go home, and re-connect
with life.
Fatigue
Nothing you read or write
makes sense. Your eyes are crossed, and the room is slightly spinning. You are
fatigued. Nothing of any good will come out of what you are doing. Go
home.
When you wake up at 11:00 pm and are still at your work desk, do not
consider it a power nap. It is time to go home.
Lately, your health has not been what it
used to be. You catch colds more often; your weight has changed significantly;
your joints and muscles ache all the time; you have headaches when that was
never a problem. Guess what? You are working your body too much, not giving it a
chance to recuperate. Decrease your work hours!
Fear
When you are working
to keep up with your deadlines, when you are afraid of being demoted or
transferred to an undesirable position, you need to go home and figure out how
to change your work situation. Do you need help? Are you not delegating enough
of your team assignments?
If you believe you are working as hard as you can,
but do not feel you are making progress, maybe you need to learn how to work
smarter instead of harder.
If you are working above and beyond everyone else
because your boss is a bear, it is time to go home and work on your resume. It
does not matter if you are well paid. For some bosses, it is considered combat
pay. No job is worth putting up with a critical, negative, never-is-satisfied,
verbally abusive boss.
Obsession
When you see work everywhere you go, even
at the beach, it is time to pull back on your work hours. Your ability to be
rational and reasonable is in jeopardy.
When you realize your friends don’t
bother to call you anymore, or tell you about events going on around town, it’s
time to go home so you can get some of those calls.
When your family no
longer includes you in their activities, assuming you will not take the time off
to participate, you are in a critical mass of separation. It is time to save
your marriage, relationship with your children, your friends, and others who
used to be part of your inner circle.
Best Reason to Go Home
The most
critical time to go home is when you decide there is no reason to go home. You
live alone; you have a spouse you don’t care to see; your children are teenagers
and seem to have their own life. You don’t think it matters whether you go home
or not. You are most happy when you are at work.
If you are working to avoid
a home that has no more meaning to you, you are living in denial. Work has
replaced what used to be a well balance life. It is now your crutch, your safety
net. You need to acknowledge that you are not just a workaholic; you are in
desperate need of perspective.
Just as you do an annual employee evaluation,
you need to do a personal evaluation. Are you getting the most out of your
personal life, and if not, why? What can or should you change? If you died
tomorrow, your boss will go to your funeral, and then hire your replacement.
Think about it; then prepare an agenda to shift your life back into balance.

About the Author:

Carolyn Gibson is a Certified Property Manager based in Boston, Massachusetts
real estate management consultant. She specializes in providing consulting,
training, and due diligence in all operational facets of residential property
management.
As the owner of a property management company for eight years,
Carolyn’s firm managed conventional, city, state, and federal government
subsidized and nonprofit housing, low income tax credit housing, public housing,
condominiums and rooming houses.
Carolyn’s web site is www.synergyprofessionals.com. She is a contributing author on
www.ezinearticles.com, www.helium.com, and www.searchwarp.com. Her popular book on tenant screening,
titled “How to Pick the Best Tenant”, is available at www.Amazon.com.

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