Do you feel as if you play second fiddle to their work?
Is it left to you to make excuses to the children, to family and friends because they are late or too busy to attend?
Do you send the evenings on your own – even when they are in the house?
Is your partner too busy or too tired to pay you the attention you need and deserve?
Is your life being affected because of the demands of your partner’s work?
Do you feel your own sense of self and your confidence are being eroded because they pay more attention to their work?
Are you feeling lonely and left out even though you are in a relationship?
The loss of someone you love is always very difficult but out of bereavement comes a golden opportunity to examine your priorities and to re-evaluate the way things are done.
You may be thinking:
“I didn’t need to see those questions in order to recognise that things between my partner and I are difficult because of their work. What I need to know is what to do about it!”
Workaholism is no different to the other “….holisms” in that the problem can be very difficult for partners and families to deal with.
Recovering Workaholics can change your life so you can “Create a Life You Love” enabling you to Achieve Health, Happiness and Fulfillment.
Recovering Workaholics is an organisation run by Gina Gardiner for those of us who have proved ourselves to be very successful in our career but realise that work simply isn’t enough. It is designed for people who are used to being in high powered positions and have concentrated on building a career rather than a life.
I do hope that 2019 has got off to a flying start!
Are you one of those who decided not to make any New Years Resolutions so you didn’t have the pressure of failing to keep them?
Did you decide over Christmas that 2019 was going to be the year when you created a great work – life balance?
What have you done to change things? Is it working?
Research into workaholics who have achieved a "Work-Life Balance" found that many only achieved true fulfilment and balance after a crisis had made them completely rethink their priorities.
Health scares were high on the list. Damaged relationships were common too.
Recovering Workaholics is an organization set up for those of us who have proved ourselves to be very successful in our career but realize that work simply isn't enough. It is designed for people who are used to being in high- powered positions and have concentrated on building a career rather than a life.
Consider why you have developed your particular work habits and your response to stress. There are as many reasons as there are people. For many people there are a number of complicated reasons which stack one on another.
I wonder if you feel truly fulfilled? Do you look forward every day with glorious anticipation to the day ahead? Does your heart sink at the thought of what the next day will bring? Do you love bits of your life and wish that the rest of your life matched up?
The power of anticipation is amazing. It is a skill you can learn and if employed on a regular basis it enables you to maximise the resources at your disposal and helps you to manage your time effectively. It changes your mode of operation from one of fire fighting to one which allows time for strategic planning.
The strategies work in every walk of life.