Diary of a Workaholic first year anniversary

Welcome all to my one year anniversary of this blog, Diary of a Workaholic. I cannot believe that one year has flown by already. I started this blog for personal reasons, mainly for fun and attracting other workaholics out there who are working their “tail” off and wondering, why?
Of course, people come in all shapes, [...]

Working and a time to reflect

During this time of our American holiday, Thanksgiving, we take the time to reflect on how blessed we really are. Us workaholics can be an intense bunch. But for all of our victories in achieving many worthwhile things while we work, there comes a time every now and then, that we run across good and [...]

Generation “Y” and Work

It appears that gen “Y” (population who were born between 1977 to 2002), men and women in the late 20’s, are seeing work in a totally different way than past generations. Most of these workers would rather “punch” into work, do the work (often only when they feel like it), and “get the heck out [...]

Rewarding aspects of work

When we work, half of us dread it because of the working conditions, the type of work, or the boss who we work for. It is obvious that we cannot change these aspects of work, but what we are in control of is who we work for or the type of work we should be [...]

Work for success - make goals

I know, we all have been through the “drill,” about making goals for whatever we want out of life. I beg you to rethink your life, your career, the way you work, that every path you walk HAS to be towards a goal. They say life is the “journey.” Well, I will add to that, [...]

More layoffs - more displaced workers

Well the there is more of the same national news, more layoffs. This time at Chrysler Motors. News reports say this week that Chrysler is laying off more than 12,000 people because of lower demand for their brand of automobiles. After all is said and done, there will be over 100,000 laid off workers from [...]