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Does the following sound like you?
- You work all of hours of the night.
- You speed eat — basically inhale your food.
- You hold your breath throughout the day.
- It’s always ‘five more’ minutes.
- You check your Blackberry, Droid, iPhone, etc. every five minutes because it’s glued to your hand.
- You miss important dates such as birthday, anniversary, date night, kids’ events, etc. because of work.
- You constantly check your email and social media pages.
- You’ll always be there in 20 minutes.
- Your spouse and or life partner is fed up and ready to walk.
What can you do to save your relationship?
If you’re willing to look at yourself from the inside out, ask yourself these and other questions, “Why am I a workaholic? What am I getting from it? What does my career or business represent? Why and how does it ‘fill’ me up? What am I avoiding? Am I afraid of intimacy? Do I have control issues? Do I have a fear of failure? Who am I trying to please? Does being a workaholic make me a better person? Am I trying to achieve a certain status? Am I still trying to prove myself to my parents?” You can also do the following:
- Schedule date nights and stick to them.
- Schedule vacations and take them. Leave your iPad, laptop, etc. at home. Okay, you may take your cell or mobile.
- Turn-off your Blackberry, iPhone, Droid, etc. at a certain time.
- Stop reading your email and social media websites at a certain hour.
- Be flexible.
- Acknowledge your spouse and or life partner more than you already do. Thank them for being supportive and loving you.
- Listen more to your spouse, life partner, and kids. Don’t blow them off.
- Spend time with your kids’ by doing something fun.
- Take a breath once in a while; deep breaths are calming.
- Mediate 15 minutes per day — it will center you.
Rebecca
Is your relationship/love in jeopardy because you’re a workaholic? It’s something to think about.
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