Do we work to live or do we live to work? You would not want to be accused of being a workaholic. But, assuming we have other interests and activities than cultivating a couch potato patch of one, do we work at those activities? If so, what differentiates what we would call work from other activities we might call leisure?
If you hate the work you do, but have to do it to have the financial resources to do what you love, then do you work to live? Is this a good thing?
On the other hand, if you love what you do as work so much that you really have no other activities and very little life outside of your work, then do you live to work? Is this a good thing?
Is it all things in moderation then, a carefully crafted blend of work and play?
What do you say? Is there an answer to this conundrum?
Good questions Mark. Clearly balance is important. Stephen Covey wrote an entire book, “First Things First”, to help answer this question. He concludes the book suggesting the result of finding this balance is to find a special peace where “our roles cooperate rather than compete, as they become parts of a synergistic, living whole.” I’m not sure we ever totally achieve this but, the journey is what’s important.