How to reclaim your life from work | Simone Stolzoff

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🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Where do you draw the line between work and life? Writer Simone Stolzoff explores the problem with defining yourself by your job — and shows what it takes to reclaim your time and sense of meaning beyond the office.

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1:16.8	You have probably gotten the question, what do you do at some point in your life, if not frequently?
1:23.5	And even assuming that what we do is our jobs underscores today's speakers' point.
1:29.2	We tend to overly conflate our self-worth and meaning with our jobs.
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