21/04/2026
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ & ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ (๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ญ)
๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐
Thereโs a belief thatโs deeply rooted in the modern human experience that rarely gets questioned and it goes like this:
โWork is the main source of meaning in our livesโ.
You see this belief absolutely everywhere:
๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ก๐ โ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐โ๐จ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ โ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐โ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐โ๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ.
For some, this goes beyond ambition or diligence and becomes workaholism (an addiction to work and being a human doing instead of a human being).
If youโre reading this, then thereโs a chance youโve started to feel it yourself (which is why you landed on this page about being a workaholic) and so you have at least a subtle suspicion that work is taking up too much space in your life โ not just in your schedule, but in your mind, your identity, your emotional world.
This isnโt an article about demonising work, though โ work is a good thing and can be creative, purposeful, and deeply satisfying but when a good thing becomes an ultimate thing then we start to experience distortion that pulls us away from whatโs REAL.
This article is about returning to your REALNESS so you can have a healthier relationship with whatever it is that youโre doing and live a life where youโre only โultimateโ is your life itself.
Letโs dig a little deeper (full article):
https://olianderson.co.uk/workaholic/
