Comments on: If it’s not Christmas yet, mom thinks you’re a workaholic too

By: Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:13:30 +0000

Well, my dad thinks I’m a workaholic, for sure.

He’s a foot surgeon, spent the first 20 years of my life working 16 hour days, 6 days a week. And he thinks I am a workaholic.

To use his words: “Chris, if you were going to die today, you’d tell god ‘Just one more day, please… I need to get this patch done before I go.’”

By: Amy Gahran

Amy Gahran — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:01:41 +0000

Well, yeah, I work a lot, but I love my work. Often it’s hard for me to track where “online for fun” crosses over into “online for work.”

For instance, I edit a daily group weblog for the Poynter Institute (http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31), for which I end up writing half or more of the posts. My boss there offered me time off over the holidays, but I volunteered to keep posting because I find working on that blog energizing and fun.

And right now I’m making a big push to learn how to use LinkedIn effectively. That’s definitely career-related, but I’m having fun with it and blogging the process on http://rightconversation.com.

Does that make me a workaholic, or just kinda geeky? Hmmmm…

Hope you have a great holiday,

- Amy Gahran

By: Berislav Lopac

Berislav Lopac — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:24:46 +0000

I guess ite depends on the local culture. Where I live, all the days up to Christmas, including the Christmas Eve, are regular working days, and it’s perfectly normal to work unless you’ve arranged a vacation in advance. We return to work after St. Steven’s (depending when the weekends fall, of course, and are off for New Year (not New Year’s Eve, mind you) and again for the Holy Three Kings. And that’s a 90% Catholic country.

So no workaholic labelling here; it’s more like you might be viewed as a slob if you *don’t* work.

By: Jim Pollock

Jim Pollock — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:48:44 +0000

My vacation flight was cancelled last night. So what else am I supposed to be doing?

By: David Cohen

David Cohen — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:03:22 +0000

Ok Stan, and if you read this 30 seconds after I post it, you’re really a workaholic. :???:

By: Stan James

Stan James — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:01:24 +0000

A workaholic? For the last year for sure and probably continuing as this thing gets started. But I was a lazy ass for long time, so I’ve got some catching up to do. :)