Workaholic and Lazy: Two Poles of One VoidAt first glance, a workaholic and a lazy person seem to be antipodes. One cannot live without work, while the other cannot make themselves start anything. One wakes up at five in the morning to make it to a meeting, while the other at noon to have breakfast. One is overwhelmed with tasks, while the other with emptiness. But if you look closer, you will find that they have much more in common than it seems. They are two sides of one coin we call "escape from life".Main Paradox: Both Avoid ResponsibilityHow paradoxical it may sound, but both a workaholic and a lazy person avoid responsibility in their own way.The 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.The 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 big responsibility with small but endless one.Both Run Away from ThemselvesBoth the lazy person and the workaholic are two models of running away from meeting themselves.The lazy person runs through passivity. He sinks into sleep, into TV series, into the internet, into doing nothing. He does not face his fear because he does not give himself space for reflection. His inaction is a deaf wall.The workaholic runs through activity. He fills every minute with tasks to not be alone with silence. He does not face his anxiety because it is drowned in the noise of deadlines. His busy life 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 mode of "on" or "off".Common F ... Read more