I want to be a rich workaholic. I just want to be rich and work all the time and enjoy my job. This girl's statement rang warning bells in my mind. Dangers of the Trap Experts agree that workaholics suffer from a neurotic obsession to work. Symptoms may include compulsive rushing and busyness, constant thinking about work or performance, continual list making, the refusal or reluctance to take time off and increasingly diminished family, social and spiritual life.
Workaholism is a progressive syndrome.
If left unattended it can kill us. At one time, I became so wrapped up in the daily routine of cranking out work that I lost me. I didn't know me anymore. Eventually, we could forfeit our lives. The Japanese have a name for it.