The March/April issue of Utne (formerly known as Utne Reader) features a book excerpt titled Fire Your Inner Slave Driver: Is “work guilt” keeping you from getting the most out of life? It’s from the book Work to Live: The Guide to Getting a Life
by Joe Robinson, who’s also got a vacation campaign going on his website. And all this week, Robinson is an online guest in Cafe Utne’s Work and Money forum (message board).
As a self-employed person, I’m not currently struggling with these issues, but I know plenty of people who are. And I used to, not so much out of guilt, but because I was trying to be somebody.