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Blogathon Workspace, 11:30 PM

All the talk of work and vacation brings me back to the perennially discussed topic – Work / Life Balance.

I know some who disagree with that term “Work/Life” which seems to imply that work is different from life. When we say that work is different from life, it means that we’re not living our lives when we work. We spend a significant portion of our time awake at work. Yet, we look forward to the weekends and vacations. Generally, we work for 5 days a week and relax for the other 2. We work for some 48 or 49 weeks a year, and vacation for 3 or 4. Are all those hours we spend at work not part of “life”?

Why do we dread Monday mornings?

I recall someone once saying that, to him, work is life and life is work. Is that the right attitude?

I remember an ad from a job hunting site a couple of years ago saying that 93% of the people are unhappy with their jobs, and that the other 7% are liars. Surely it must be an exaggeration?

I don’t have all the answers.. What about you?