article on work and lunch

[brightlotusmoon]

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Adam doesn't usually eat lunch at all during his work days. Sometimes he'll come home at seven in the evening, and dinner for me will be lunch for him or even breakfast. He's been worrying me. Then again, he is always on the road and can usually only grab a small snack that he can eat while driving. He says he's fine with it, that he's too busy to eat anyway. Sometimes if he's at a hotel or convention, he'll get a meal during breaks. But this doesn't happen as often as I'd like.
I can't help it; after years of anorexia, I feel hurt and afraid when someone I love actually chooses to not eat and instead throw themselves into work. He's perfectly healthy, but one of these days something is going to give.

Comments

[fadingmemories.livejournal.com]

Sadly I understand that. The only time I ever took a real lunch was when I worked at Alchemy. Only because I was working with friends and they'd drag me away from my computer. Anywhere else I've worked, I've always eaten lunch while working. Occasionally I would need to step away from my computer to get a fresh look at things, but I couldn't do it often. While working at the studio, if I stepped away for a moment I'd get yelled at, regardless of them expecting us to work 14+ hours a day, 7 days a week.

It's horrible how much we're expected to work now a days. Some countries do understand that you can't over work people and they allow them to take breaks. I've noticed in the creative and technical fields, Mondays and Fridays are pointless, very little valid work is produced. Wednesday is the peak day. But after that it's all downhill. We really are over worked.