Why working too many hours is bad?

The study concludes that working 55 or more hours per week is associated with an estimated 35\% higher risk of a stroke and a 17\% higher risk of dying from ischemic heart disease, compared to working 35-40 hours a week.

Why we should work less hours?

The productivity boost Evidence suggests that one of the biggest advantages of working fewer weekly hours is that it makes people better workers. Research shows people get more done when they work fewer hours, and less done when they work more hours.

Do workaholics enjoy working?

Engaged workaholics worked because they enjoyed their work or found their work meaningful. These are intrinsic motivators. Non-engaged workaholics were more likely to work for extrinsic motivators such as money and status. Intrinsic motivation is associated with more optimism, effort, and persistence.

Is working 5 hours good?

In the end, scientists generally agree that the ideal daily working time is around 6 hours, and more concentrated in the morning.

Are you stuck living your life as a human doing?

When you’re stuck living life as a human doing, you might feel like you don’t have a life at all. It can also negatively affect the people around you. A 2016 study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family found that men who worked 50 hours a week created more stress for their partners and children at home.

Should work be the defining feature of Our Lives?

But I would argue that, even if your job does provide you with flow, work should just be an aspect of our lives, rather than its defining feature. Working 40 hours a week makes our lives become narrow and constricted, so that we lose sight of whole vistas of possibility—of activity and adventure—outside it.

Do longer working hours make people less productive?

It may be that longer working hours just makes people tired and resentful, and therefore less productive. And in any case, perhaps we need to rethink our whole relationship to economics.

What would happen if we didn’t work so hard?

If we didn’t work so hard, our economies would fail, and we would all be living in poverty. But this isn’t necessarily the case. In continental Europe, working hours are significantly shorter than in the US and the UK, and productivity is actually higher.