If you have a full time job with good work/life balance, chances are that a third of your awake time is spent working, it is probably more than half for many pe

If you have a full time job with good work/life balance, chances are that a third of your awake time is spent working, it is probably more than half for many people. That's so much of you life that you may as well try to make it fun. How you make it fun depends from person to person, but socializing with coworkers is definitely on the list for many people (especially extroverts). Introverts may have other ideas, like learning new exciting stuff, but IMHO, if all you think of work is "get it done quickly so I can do something else", I think you are missing something. It doesn't mean you should live for work, but if it takes, say, 20% of your "good time off" to improve 80% of your time at work, I think it is definitely worth it.