Are you a “Workaholic” or an “Engaged Worker”?

There was a fascinating article in The Washington Post on workaholics. I have always claimed to be such a person, but according to the article, workaholics don’t necessarily enjoy their work, they just can’t stop doing it. They work well past quitting time and weekends. The funny thing is their work isn’t necessarily any better than their non-workaholic peers. In fact, a lot of the time it’s not as good.

In contrast to that are “engaged workers.” These are people who work a lot — after hours and weekends — but they do so because they love their job. They enjoy what they do so much they don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t do more of it. That’s me!

I don’t see my work as a “job” necessarily. I’m a freelancer, an author, and, more recently, a publisher (yes, those are links to find out more). As the old adage goes, is it working if you’re having fun? But this work is all I do.

Many authors have another job — one which actually pays the bills. For some authors this means that, yes, they are working two jobs — one they do for the money (although this doesn’t mean that they don’t love this job as well), and the other they do for fun. The trick with this is scheduling.

If you consider that these authors are working two jobs, then by default their writing is done after business hours and on…