My name is Amy and without a doubt, I am a workaholic.\u00a0 There, I said it.\u00a0 I admit it fully.\u00a0 I have a problem and I am taking the first step toward recovery, which they say is to admit it.\u00a0 Step one down, only eleven more steps to go :)\u2026.<\/p>\n
I finally discovered I had a problem when I was working the other night at around midnight and I came across an article in Psychology Today that gave a short quiz to help you determine whether you are, in fact, a workaholic.<\/p>\n
Do you work over 50 hours a week?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[Uhhhh\u2026.YES!]<\/span><\/p>\n Do you feel a need to constantly stay busy?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Double YES!]<\/span><\/p>\n Do you have difficulty relaxing and having fun?\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[Oh, my howdy YES!]<\/span><\/p>\n Are you a perfectionist?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[To a fault YES]<\/span><\/p>\n Are you unable to delegate work to others?\u00a0\u00a0[I have actually gotten way better at this over the years so score one point for me!]<\/span><\/p>\n Are you so preoccupied with \u201cto-do\u201d lists that you have trouble being emotionally available to others?\u00a0 [Yes, Yes, Yes]<\/span><\/p>\n Does your partner, spouse or children complain about how much you work? \u00a0[OUCH Yes]<\/span><\/p>\n Do you forget conversations or events because you are so preoccupied with planning and work? [if it wasn\u2019t for my amazing executive admin I would remember nothing]<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you could be a workaholic.\u00a0\u00a0 [So what does it say if you answered yes to 8 out of 9???\u00a0 That cannot be good!!!!]<\/span><\/p>\n So thanks to that article, I now know that I am officially a workaholic with a serious problem that needs to be rectified.\u00a0 How will I rectify it \u2013 I have no idea\u2026.but this week I am determined to try.\u00a0 This week I am going to stay off of email this entire week.\u00a0 I am going to stop sleeping with my cellphone on my pillow so I can hear the incoming email alerts (don\u2019t judge me\u2026I already admitted I have a problem \ud83d\ude42 ).\u00a0 I am going to let my phone go to voice mail this week.\u00a0 I am going to stay off all work items for the entire week.\u00a0 Instead I am going to focus my entire week on spending time with my Valentine this entire week.\u00a0 I am going to have fun with my husband.\u00a0 I am going to relax. I am going to sleep in.\u00a0 I am going to play and laugh and take time to breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yes, I am going to break my workaholic disease \u2013 at least for this one week.\u00a0 And maybe, just maybe, at the end of this week of downtime I will realize that it\u2019s okay to play once in a while, and I can become a \u201crecovering workaholic\u201d \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Here\u2019s to hoping!<\/p>\n “In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0-Gordon B. Hinckley<\/p>\n \u00a0~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My name is Amy and without a doubt, I am a workaholic.\u00a0 There, I said it.\u00a0 I admit it fully.\u00a0 I have a problem and I am taking the first step toward recovery, which they say is to admit it.\u00a0 Step one down, only eleven more steps to go :)\u2026. 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