How to Break Your Addiction to Work

How to Break Your Addiction to Work

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 163 , Segment 1

How to Break Your Addiction to Work, Cost of Mental Health Care

Episode: How to Break Your Addiction to Work, Cost of Mental Health Care

  • Jul 9, 2018 1:00 pm
  • 43:39 mins

Rebecca Knight is a freelance journalist in Boston and a lecturer at Wesleyan University where she also teaches writing courses. She has written many pieces focused on personal finances and business education. Her work has been published in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Financial Times. For many of us, working simply feels good. But just because it feeds your ego or makes you feel important, that doesn’t mean it’s actually good for you. How do you break the cycle of working long hours at the office and constantly checking email at home? How do you persuade those around you — similarly work-obsessed colleagues or a demanding boss — that working all the time isn’t healthy? Rebecca Knight explains how to break your addiction to Work.