# 2099: What To Do When You’re A Workaholic by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of Making Sense of Cents on Work-Life Balance

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Podcast: [Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-work-daily-career-productivity-and-entrepreneurship-1134398)
Published: 2026-06-30T07:00:00+00:00
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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2099: Michelle Schroeder-Gardner shares her experience of working 80 to 100 hours a week and the personal costs that came with being a workaholic. She explores how to identify unhealthy work habits, uncover the reasons behind overworking, and create more balance by setting boundaries, prioritizing relationships, and working more efficiently. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2014/05/what-to-do-when-youre-a-workaholic.html Quotes to ponder: "Being a workaholic isn’t always bad though. You are probably a good worker and you just want to succeed in life." "You need to find a way to put fun things in your schedule because that may be the only way you let yourself do them!" "Most people are not good at multi-tasking and all it means for most people is that you are spending extra time doing something when you shouldn’t." Episode references: Multi-tasking: https://www.apa.org/topics/research/multitasking Finance MBA: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mba.asp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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