Toil We Must

“You know, you don’t have to work so hard.” “You can say that, Mom,” Nick says with a sigh, “but I still will.” How can he explain to his mother that he does, in fact, have to work so hard? He can’t exactly see another way to be. Besides, what’s so bad about not having a social life, or being consumed by work that aims to make the world a fairer pl

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However, there is a big difference between hard work and workaholism. You work hard to get something done. A workaholic, on the other hand, works out of compulsion—fear of some sort. Workaholism is unhealthy and destructive. Hard work is healthy, invigorating, and can be practiced up until the day you die, whereas workaholism leads to burn-out. We

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