Why Workaholics Can't Stop Working 

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There's a reason why you feel guilty when you have free time and choose not to work.
Your sense of self-worth depends on external validation and approval from society.
As a result, you lack the ability to internally validate your own self-worth outside the confines of your work life.
This is a significant issue...
You've been conditioned by society to believe that you have no time for yourself, and even if you do, you're not worthy of it.
Workaholics fear time.
In a world where time seems both abundant and scarce, mastering the flow of time becomes paramount.
Whether it's the failure to accomplish tasks within a set timeframe or the disappointment of not meeting personal milestones, the relentless ticking of the clock amplifies workaholics' feelings of inadequacy and frustration.
However, it's your perception of time as an adversary that leads you to feel that everything must be rushed.
That you must be in a constant battle against your own unmet expectations before the judgment of society.
When do you ever set aside time just for yourself?
You probably don't because the culture only glorifies productivity and achievement.
It demands that you produce something right this second!
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The culture has conditioned you to think that you shouldn't have time for yourself but only for your work.
The world only wants you to rush toward supply and demand.
To please everyone else but yourself.
Let this quote from Lao Tzu to sink in:
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
If you perceive time as your enemy, you will never set aside any time for your own life.
Therefore, you create mental blueprints of what you should accomplish only to find yourself grappling with the reality of unfulfilled goals.
You find yourself in a perpetual cycle of setting unrealistic expectations, falling short of your goals, and succumbing to feelings of discontentment.
It's a vicious cycle that erodes not only your mental health but also the true productivity that can be found when setting aside time to construct an authentic action plan for your own life.