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I can relate to this on one level. I love my job and work crazy hours, but I struggle with burnout regularly, and often need to disengage from work for periods
by pyoung 15y ago
I can relate to this on one level. I love my job and work crazy hours, but I struggle with burnout regularly, and often need to disengage from work for periods of time in order to recuperate. On the other hand, I am not sure I agree with the 'harmonious passion' argument. I would argue that people with 'harmonious passion' are simply less passionate about their work than the 'obsessives', which allows them to 'turn off the switch' so to speak.
As a side note, it is probably fairly difficult if not impossible to objectively measure passion, so I guess it is pretty pointless to debate any of this in the first place.
- wisty 15y agoAlso, they were studying nurses. Nurses have a greater need to "switch off", and don't benefit a lot from thinking about work. I can see how nurses who are crazy about work would go crazy.