I think the cult of work has a different meaning for me. I've found that work is the one place where I am respected by many, and appreciated for output and creativity. Thus, I am drawn towards it to satisfy my own desire to have worth. I value it more than almost any other activity in my life, and that causes me to work more often than not, simply because it's the way I can feel better about myself?
Having a bad day? I can help another team's project and clear tons of their roadblocks. I now feel successful.
It's less subordination, or the other aspects for me. It's validation of self. I've spent my entire life working on technology, and I know it better than I know anything else.
That's where I need to escape. I am in the process of trying to create new hobbies to gain value in, because even though I don't think there is a problem with me working constantly, it clearly is a problem to my family and friends who don't see me as often as they could.
Having a bad day? I can help another team's project and clear tons of their roadblocks. I now feel successful.
It's less subordination, or the other aspects for me. It's validation of self. I've spent my entire life working on technology, and I know it better than I know anything else.
That's where I need to escape. I am in the process of trying to create new hobbies to gain value in, because even though I don't think there is a problem with me working constantly, it clearly is a problem to my family and friends who don't see me as often as they could.