{"id":10428,"date":"2018-10-25T14:43:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T18:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/?p=10428"},"modified":"2021-10-14T21:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:38:43","slug":"10428-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/2018\/10\/25\/10428-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Workaholic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workaholism has become such a problem that that many are calling it ‘the addiction of this century.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How\u2019s your work\/life balance? Would you be surprised to learn that 10-25% of us are considered workaholics?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our pace is quicker than ever before, and the ease and ability to stay connected can be a plus, but it can also be detrimental.<\/p>\n

Few of us excel at saying “enough is enough”, and we rarely tell our colleagues or staff to improve their work\/life balance.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s time to evaluate yourself.<\/strong> The Faculty of Psychology from The University of Bergen collaborated with Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom and created “The Bergen Work Addiction Scale”.<\/em><\/p>\n

The questions include, and are to be rated on a scale of 1 (never) to 5 (always):<\/p>\n

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  1. You think of how you can free up more time to work<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. You spend much more time working than initially intended<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. You work in order to reduce feelings of guilt, anxiety, helplessness or depression<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. You have been told by others to cut down on work without listening to them<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. You become stressed if you are prohibited from working<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. You deprioritize hobbies, leisure activities, and\/or exercise because of your work<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. You work so much that it has negatively influenced your health<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you scored 4 (often) or 5 (always) on four or more of the criteria, that classifies you as a workaholic.\u00a0 How\u2019d you do?<\/p>\n

    Maybe it\u2019s time to set boundaries.<\/strong>
    \nExamples:<\/p>\n

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    • Pick 2 days a week when you will limit your work day to 8 hours<\/li>\n
    • Pick 2-3 days a week when you commit to not doing additional work at home<\/li>\n
    • And, we need to assess, based on our role, how much time to we truly need to make ourselves available each evening, on week-ends, and while on vacation or holiday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Studies have concluded that people who work 50 or more hours per week were likely to experience both physical and emotional consequences. So, while it may seem like a good idea to work those long hours and attempt to achieve more, we can actually reduce our productivity level, increase error rates, and impact relationships.<\/p>\n

      Make sure to build in leisure time for doing the things you enjoy, and for spending sufficient time with family and friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Workaholism has become such a problem that that many are calling it ‘the addiction of this century.’ How\u2019s your work\/life balance? Would you be surprised to learn that 10-25% of us are considered workaholics? Our pace is quicker than ever before, and the ease and ability to stay connected can be a plus, but it can also be detrimental. Few of us excel at saying “enough is enough”, and we[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[84,40,79,169],"class_list":["post-10428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success","tag-boundaries","tag-relationships","tag-time-management","tag-workaholic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}