How to Stop Work From Taking Over Your Life

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The average American spends about half of their waking hours on the job, which, even if you're lucky enough to love what you do, can feel like a lot. But work doesn't always stop at the end of the workday. And I'm not just talking about all the unpaid sorts of work we have to do, the cooking and cleaning and caring for family members. I'm talking about the paid work that winds up creeping into the little free time we do have. The metaphor I use to

pinball machine. The work shoots out and then it starts dinging to your relationships, to your personal life, to your thoughts, to your leisure, to your ability to recover, to your self-care. And then when those become compromised, it makes things worse at work, which makes things worse outside of work, which makes things worse at work, dinging back and forth. And that's stress then. stays in play for so much longer, which is why we're getting burnt out.

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