Workaholic and Lazy: Two Poles of One Void At first glance, a workaholic and a lazy person seem to be antipodes. One cannot live without work, the other cannot bring himself to start anything. One wakes up at five in the morning to make it to a meeting, the other at noon to have breakfast. One is overwhelmed with tasks, the other with emptiness. But if you look closer, you'll find that they have much more in common than it seems. They are two sides of the same coin we call "flight from life". The Main Paradox: Both Avoid Responsibility It may sound paradoxical, but both a workaholic and a lazy person avoid responsibility in their own way. A lazy person openly avoids responsibility: he does not take on tasks, does not promise, does not participate. He says "no" or simply remains silent. His strategy is not to get involved in the game to avoid losing. A workaholic, however, avoids responsibility differently. He takes on everything, but often not what is truly important. He burdens himself with endless tasks to not notice the main thing: that he is not coping with life outside of work. He does not resolve relationship problems, does not take care of his health, does not think about the meaning. He replaces a big responsibility with a small but endless one. Both Run from Themselves Both a lazy person and a workaholic are two models of avoiding meeting themselves. A lazy person runs through passivity. He sinks into sleep, into TV series, into the internet, into doing nothing. He does not confront his fears because he does not give himself space for reflection. His inaction is a deaf wall. A workaholic runs through activity. He fills every minute with tasks to not be left alone with silence. He does not confront his anxiety because it is drowned out by the noise of deadlines. His busyness is also a deaf wall. In both cases, a person does not live in the present. He avoids himself, his feelings, his questions. He simply exists in the "on" or "off" mode. Common ... Read more