irc333 Posted September 29, 2010 Posted September 29, 2010 Okay, I sometimes browse profiles of single women and see them express how busy they are. This one in particular says she has THREE jobs, her mainjob is that she's a firefighter, and works at the local hospital as a paramedic, and TEACHES her field at a community college her field. She's single, never married, and no kids. (perhaps that explains it) But is this a form of OCD? Do people have addicitions to work?
denise_xo Posted September 29, 2010 Posted September 29, 2010 I guess I am in that category. I hold down a full time job and usually have one or more consultancies as well as voluntary work running on the side. As to the why question, it is necessary for me for financial reasons but the main motivation is a very strong desire to learn and to explore life and to take full advantage of every opportunity that I am lucky enough to experience. Another reason is that I am a perfectionist and I don't like to compromise on my own standards in terms of performance. A third reason is that I'm fortunate enough to do work that I really enjoy so I tend to immerse myself in my projects both intellectually and emotionally, rather than it being only a way to cover the bills. A fourth reason is that I have a very long list of things I want to do before I throw in the towel, so I'm working hard to do as many of them as I can. A fifth reason is that I'm a quite restless person who hates too much routine and any feeling of being tied down. As to the voluntary work, it's one of many possible ways of paying something back to a community. As for it being addictive, yes I think it can be and it's not always healthy, physically and socially.
Author irc333 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Posted September 29, 2010 I knew this woman that was going it to pay off debts and another apparently had "expensive tastes" so she deliberately would work a 2nd job (on top of the first full time job) to maintain her "name brand" bags and 200 sunglasses purchaes. I guess I am in that category. I hold down a full time job and usually have one or more consultancies as well as voluntary work running on the side. As to the why question, it is necessary for me for financial reasons but the main motivation is a very strong desire to learn and to explore life and to take full advantage of every opportunity that I am lucky enough to experience. Another reason is that I am a perfectionist and I don't like to compromise on my own standards in terms of performance. A third reason is that I'm fortunate enough to do work that I really enjoy so I tend to immerse myself in my projects both intellectually and emotionally, rather than it being only a way to cover the bills. A fourth reason is that I have a very long list of things I want to do before I throw in the towel, so I'm working hard to do as many of them as I can. A fifth reason is that I'm a quite restless person who hates too much routine and any feeling of being tied down. As to the voluntary work, it's one of many possible ways of paying something back to a community. As for it being addictive, yes I think it can be and it's not always healthy, physically and socially.
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