Sublime

It can be hard to stop work at the end of the day, because the Busy Bandwagon encourages a “just one more thing” mentality. One more email. One more to-do. Many people quit only when they’re too exhausted to go on, and even so, they check email again before they go to bed.

D’ailleurs, si nos agendas d’hommes et femmes modernes hyper (dé)connectés et occupés étaient des estomacs, nous serions en indigestion permanente.

It turns out that when people make enough money to meet their needs, they just find new things to need and new lifestyles to aspire to; they never quite manage to keep up with the Joneses, because whenever they’re in danger of getting close, they nominate new and better Joneses with whom to try to keep up. As a result, they work harder and harder,

For many of us, while we’re doing one thing, we’re thinking about the next thing. We rush headlong through a day, moving on to something else before finishing what’s before us. We rarely feel satisfaction and accomplishment. Even though we do a lot, it seems like we never do enough.

Ma boîte à lettres était remplie de courriers administratifs variés, dont certains exigeraient une réponse rapide. Le maintien d'une vie administrative correcte exige une présence à peu près constante, tout déplacement prolongé risque de vous mettre en porte-à-faux par rapport à tel ou tel organisme, je savais que plusieurs jours de travail me sera

In one of my jobs, for months at a time I would have just five to ten hours of client work a week, but I was still expected to commute and be in the office for more than 55 hours a week. I literally did laps around the office, drank extra coffee just to feel something, and took two-hour lunches in the park, sometimes taking a nap on the grass. That

All companies are striving for success, and there’s a strong desire to be “number one.” That is why many young people invest all their time and energy into their work, into their company, and they don’t have time to take care of their body, their feelings, their emotions, and their relationships.

De façon régulière ou occasionnelle, en 2010, 50 % des salariés travaillent le samedi, 33 % travaillent le dimanche ou les jours fériés et 15 % travaillent la nuit. Le travail de nuit ou le week-end touche particulièrement les métiers de la sécurité, de la santé, de l’hôtellerie-restauration et les conducteurs de véhicule. Les ouvriers travaillent