{"id":22920,"date":"2013-02-02T11:31:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T16:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=22920"},"modified":"2013-02-02T11:31:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T16:31:56","slug":"workaholics-anonymous-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/workaholics-anonymous-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Workaholics Anonymous.7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turning Work Into Play<\/h1>\n

This is the title of a brochure that I bring to all the W.A. meetings that I host (at the Lago Vista POA Activity Center \u2013 Primrose Room if you\u2019d ever like to join me on a Tuesday night from 7 to 8pm). It\u2019s an interesting concept. It talks about the \u201call work and no play\u201d mindset, as well as turning work on its ear and learning to enjoy it.<\/p>\n

I like the idea of not being a slave. I like to think in terms of violence, sports and emotional words. Sorry, that\u2019s just how I like to express myself sometimes. What I mean by that is when I say something like, \u201cI want to dominate my job and not be its slave.\u201d For me it conjures up the emotion and passion of Moses killing an Egyptian who was beating an Israelite slave. Or the emotion of a black slave overpowering his stupid white racist \u201cowner\u201d and killing him. Yeah, I could learn something about gentleness and pacifist resistance, but I\u2019m talking words and emotions here, not actual violence.<\/p>\n

I mean to wage war on the things that will destroy me. If it\u2019s a lazy attitude that will make me fat an unhealthy and susceptible to disease, then I will wage are against my will and whip my body into shape by forcing myself to exercise with determination, willpower and good, old discipline. If it\u2019s an unhealthy \u201caddiction\u201d to work that causes me to ignore more important things (like healthy, balanced living for myself and\/or time with my loved ones who just want to spend time with me and have my attention), then I will violently oppose these attitudes and bring them down with the power of truth. Again, not fists flying, just the two-edged sword of truth and a balanced life.<\/p>\n

I guess I like the dramatic. Anyway, I thought I\u2019d share the contents of this brochure. It\u2019s a good one:<\/p>\n

Here is a PDF of the document<\/a>. It’s laid out like a tri-fold brochure, so read page 2 first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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