Workaholism and Health
Okay, I have unwittingly become a workaholic. I am in that select group of nutcakes that actually wants to go to work and spend a long time there. What a weirdo. I am now working about 70 hours a week. I know, it's crazy.
So why the hell I am subjecting myself to this kind of torture? Don't I have a life outside of work? A woman? Don't I need to unwind? The answer to all of these questions is a resounding "YES". It's for all of these reasons and more that I am working my butt off. My wife and I recently moved into downtown Vancouver, BC. And we love it. The only problem is that it costs a fortune to live there. Hence, work hard I must in order to maintain our lifestyle.
So that's the why. Enough with that. Now I want to talk about how I am finding it affecting my health. Where to begin... let's see, well there's the fact that I am SUPER tired and nervous at the same time (it's a very spacey sort of feeling). I'm finding it hard to concentrate. I'm gaining weight, and ... this is the part you're probably all interested in ... my hair is falling out like crazy!. I'm not too worried about though because I know what to do. CUT MY HOURS! Come January I'll fall back on a much more reasonable schedule (try about 48 hours a week work). For now, I need the dough, so I guess the hair has got to go.
This is stress-induced hair loss, and I doubt it will be permanent. Just last week, before I started the nasty work schedule, I was losing very little hair. My hair loss treatments were doing the job of maintaining it for me. I guess we'll see shortly if I can grow it back. I'll be posting new pics soon. Stay tuned.
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