ALT-1 How being Overworked can Damage your Relationships
How can being overworked damage your relationships with people? Being over worked is something that happens to people who feel like they have to become workaholics, or people who work at jobs where they are probably short staffed and don't have enough people to adequately do the job. Either way, this has serious impact on your relationships.
Why do your relationships suffer as a result of being overworked? The first reason is always because if you are not at home, you are at work and you don't have time to do things to people. Simple activities such as talking on the phone or talking to a family member can be frowned upon actions at work. Hey, they aren't paying you to talk to your friends.
Stress can easily cause you to have damaged relationships. When you are at home you might still be thinking about work and the stresses of what happened. It can cause you to become cranky or in a bad mood, and people might not want to spend too much time around you. It really is never fun to be around others when you are stressed out.
Too much work can damage relationships at work as well. You might not have time to go out after work on Friday with your friends from work because you are simply too busy for anything else. It might cause others to think you are more interested in your work than going out and simply having a drink, and can cause others to not associate with you anymore.
Work might cause you to stop caring about other people in your life. You might just forget that you have friends and family to deal with. You might feel compelled to skip family events in the name of getting more work done. This might cause your family to feel like you are avoiding them as well when it simply is because you have so much work to do. You need that money to survive, but it can still be hard for others to understand why you choose work over friends or family.
Overworking an employee can cause damage to their outside life as well. The stress of working so much can cause them to feel like they have no time for relationships with others. It might also make them feel like you don't care about them and that you don't want to devote time to those who you care about.
