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Sometimes I’m emailing about work at midnight. That’s how habits start. They creep in when my guard is down, when I’m not connected to anything I love.

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We’re bogged up in this mindset that happiness is to be postponed. It’s this mentality that says “I’ll work hard now, so that I can enjoy my life later. It’s ok if I don’t enjoy now because it’ll get better.” But when does it end? Caught in this vicious cycle, it’s hard to see what makes life worth it.

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The United States is top amongst the culprit nations, as the average workweek is 46.7 hours (or 49 hours for salaried workers).

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We are socialized into believing that our lives are ongoing projects that always need improvement. We fall victim to the idea that we are incomplete beings. So we strive for completeness at the cost of personal happiness.