I was asked to leave after completing all 12 steps in record time.
How many of you would consider yourselves to be a workaholic? What are your reasons for working?
Do you work compulsively? Are you addicted to working, or avoid rest? Might you be a "Workaholic" or an "Activity Addict"? Yeah, us too.
"Hi. My name is ______ and I'm a workaholic."
This is not an official WA (Workaholics Anonymous) site, and your Mod is not a sponsor. This is simply a community in which compulsive workaholics can support each other, share tips/tricks for abstinence, share successes, and ask questions of their WA peers (AA has subs, so why shouldn't we?)
Amid the pandemic, work and life have seemingly irreparably merged as many of us continue to work from home, but if we've learned anything from WA meetings, it's that recovery and serenity are possible. It's not easy, and working remotely is a test, but we will survive.
I think I work too much. When I have days off idk what to do. I either need to start a gofundme for books to read or find more friends that don’t work with me. 🤦🏻♀️
Everyone had to work late
Welcome! Since this is a new community, please feel free to intro yourself. You can share as much or as little as you want - suggestions are name, pronouns, why you’re interested in the topic of work addiction, and/or your own experiences/stories/questions re: workaholism. Glad you’re here :)
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
The doctor says it terminal.
A bit late, but with the holidays I decided to take a little time off for myself. As always, you can go to FF.net or AO3 to start reading the chapters directly. Feel free to leave your comments wherever you prefer.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Though the day started the same as any other, I could not deny that there was a fresh spring in my step when I arose from my slumber. My sluggishness in the morning was often further hindered by the fatigue from any troubled dreams I experienced the night before, but fortune was with me as I woke up refreshed and vigorous. A part of me was beginning to suspect that the strange dreams were somehow linked to Choshu’s mood because it always appeared that whenever she was anxious, troubled, or uneasy would be the nights where I experienced memories and dreams of similar moods. And I had sufficient reason to believe that Choshu would be in similarly good spirits, for the night before we devised our plan to give Captain DeWolf not just a day off from work, but a day off from work that he would never forget.
As it was well established by now that our captain was something of a workaholic, we both knew that keeping him away from his duties would be the best chance to ensure that he kept to his word and attended the Royal Navy’s party being held tonight in his honour. Even a stray piece of paperwork could be leveraged to commit himself to long hours chained to his desk, or keep him running around the naval yard until he is too tired to even take a step in the banquet hall.
The success of any plan would hinge on us intercepting the captain before he reached his desk. Thus, the night before I laid out everything I would need in advance so upon arising from my slumber I could be washed up, groomed, dressed, and ready to sortie far faster than my usual glacial pace that was more akin to a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, or perhaps a small rodent emerging from hibernation.
Today, though, I was prepared. We had a goal and a plan to achieve it. As the westerners would say, I was the early bird and I would soon have my worm.
Just as I was ready to depart, a knock came from my dormitory door. Given how early it was, the only person I reasonably expected to be visiting would be Choshu. However, what greeted me on the other side was not a dark-haired fox, but a green-tinted feline.
“Miss Akashi, to what do I
... keep reading on reddit ➡I almost posted this on LinkedIn, but decided to post it here, anonymously, so I wouldn’t have to hold anything back.
Five years ago today, I started my workday like any other- overwhelmed, exhausted, but hanging in there. My manager called my desk phone and asked me to come to the office of one of the senior HR people. I didn’t think anything of it because I was a business partner to HR in my role.
Long story short, I was told that the company failed to meet certain performance goals and that my position was eliminated, effective immediately. The decision wasn’t reflective of my performance; it was purely financial. I would be getting severance and job placement assistance, which I would be told about in another room.
I was shuffled off, told I would not be permitted to return to my desk and that they’d bring my coat and anything else I needed immediately to me. Everything else would be sent to me later.
I remember being scared and pissed off when my manager gave me the news. I had a one year old at home, my wife is a SAHM and I left a job where I’d put in nearly 15 years to come here, only to get bounced after less than a year. I’d also spent a lot of time trying to leave my previous job due to lack of advancement opportunities. How was I going to find something else before my severance ran out in three months?
However, when I walked out the door, I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of me. I deleted Outlook from my phone immediately, and blocked my vice president’s number because a) fuck her b) she was a workaholic who had no sense of boundaries in terms of work/personal time. If I or anyone else talked about the workload or demands, she’d make belittling statements like, “I guess not everyone is cut out for [industry].”
I was completely miserable at this job. We were understaffed, overworked and the pay and benefits were lousy. I was on call 24/7 for IT emergencies and outages, which happened a lot because their infrastructure was crap. I lost a lot of weight because I was so stressed that I rarely had any appetite, and if I did, I was lucky if I had time to get soup from the cafeteria to bring back to my desk. I was putting in 55-60 hours a week, and it was never enough. I was too exhausted when I’d get home to apply for other jobs, but I found a way. It never panned out.
Luckily, I landed interviews for two jobs and took an offer with the first of the two companies that made an offer. I knew people who worked there and just got b
... keep reading on reddit ➡Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Good evening, everyone.
First of all, I wanted to say I've been an avid reader of this community over the last few months, and have always found this community exceptionally helpful. My account is new, I know, and I intentionally created this new account to give me anonymity. I've been fortunate enough to reach some wealth quickly at a ~$32M NW and at a relatively young age (I'm 30yo, married, no kids) from my own work. I was also fortunate enough to make some of that wealth very tangible & liquid recently (about $12M). I still find myself "traumatized" by that experience, in a good but stressful way, waking up and sleeping thinking about this topic and what to do with it and how not to screw up. I feel guilty for saying that, because I know how fortunate I am, and despite being a massive "distraction", it's a very pleasant and fortunate distraction. I continue to work at the same job, my job is extremely extremely stressful and I feel like I'm burning out a ton, but my upside in the years ahead are way too high to ignore.
To kick things off, the way I reached it was 3-fold:
- I've been working pretty damn hard for the past many years
- I've also been incredibly lucky to be a very early employee at a high-growth tech company, growing to an exec level over the years. I've helped build the company I work for at the cost of a ton of sacrifice (countless 80-100 hour weeks).
- On top of the equity that I've built, I've also seen extreme high performance in the crypto space in parallel, which is now a big portion of my NW & portfolio (trying to diversify out of crypto atm to get out of high volatility).
My current assets & strategy:
- $900K - my home. I still have a ~$500K mortgage to pay, but interest rates are low, so I intend to keep paying slowly over the years. Over the past year, my home value went up 25%, which is nuts.
- $800K - Invested in a diversified portfolio, stocks, bonds, REITs, etc.
- $4M - Currently in cash - Recently I had the opportunity of selling a bit of the company stock options, worth $4.5M, which gave me more liquidity all at once. I've been slowly investing in the market week over week (mostly due to psychological comfort of doing it over time, dollar cost averaging into the market). The hope is that over time most of the money will be transitioned to the previous category, the diversified portfolio. This is why my current cash position is smaller than the sale. I've been planning to complete it in a year. I
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
I know I just talked crap anonymously about my coworker being a WORKAHOLIC but this is the opposite of that.
HR just called me to name names of people who 'weren't doing what they were supposed to' and 'may have been bitching' all while praising me and blowing smoke up my ass!
I think he just made it up, because we were a crew of 4 and all worked every minute of the day without bitching excessively.
I'm freaking out omfg. This is a new job btw and he kept repeating 'No one has said a single bad thing about you! You were great but I understand that there may have been some who weren't doing what they were supposed to! And may have been bitching!' I'm like no one was bitching but we were severely understaffed, the truck was 2 hours late, the diagrams were wrong and there was no way we were going to finish the task by the end of the day.
He then says 'OHH, of course if your coworkers tell you that we can't finish, then you will believe it because you think "hey you guys do this for a living so you know better!"
WTF that is not what I said! This is so weird... o.0
And boy are my arms legs.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
Put it on my bill
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
