Another great comment - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Another great comment - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog One of my most popular posts is still the one about The Cult of Overwork and it just got another great comment from Dee: I work in retail, and it?s true, some enjoy spending all their time at work, and that?s fine. If you want to spend 60 hours at work, that?s your prerogative. What I don?t like is the judgmental attitudes surrounding work hours? the unsaid expectation that if you don?t work 9-9, you?re a failure, or letting your team down. No, working 12 hours, five days in a row makes me miserable AND a failure? a failure at my job. I work to live, I don?t live to work, as the old saying goes and, when I first started and was eager to fit in, I bent over backwards keeping a similar schedule. I felt ashamed that my ?meager? 12 hour day contribution wasn?t enough, and I felt in ?awe? of the woman that habitually came in at 6am and leaving at 9pm. Then one day, about a year into the job, I remember wondering why I had gotten the flu yet AGAIN, (the fourth time in two months!) when it hit me. I was working way too much and almost killing myself. Life is going to get me in the end. I don?t need my job to speed up that process. Now I work less, work better, and win more accolades, get more sales, and get sick less, all because I don?t conform to the cult of overwork. I?m in the minority, but I?m happy. And that lady? Well, she still works her heart out, and complains the whole way. Thats the way to do it, Dee! Read the rest of the comment here. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related