Meghan Daum Quotes

I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

Why go on vacation when work is so much more fun.

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

I'm a workaholic. I would not pretend to be anything else. I rarely go to bed before one o'clock in the morning. I might kind of have a spa between half-past twelve and one and relax, and that's when I do my thinking, or my non-thinking. That's when I have a bit of space for myself.

I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now.

I have a place in Costa Rica that is in the middle of the jungle. There's no Internet. There's no TV. Do I work there? Hell no.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked.

Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back.

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

I take a hiatus every now and again, but I'm not good at that.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

Work doesn't work without play.

I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.

After my kids go to bed, I check email. It's about having that balance.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

I definitely like not working sometimes. It's so fun. I just love sleeping in. In America, everyone is driven to succeed and wake up and do something. But I don't care. I want to sleep in. I want to relax. I don't want to have to get up every day.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

I always have days off before and after I go to the studio. That's really important for me that I know that I have days off after, 'cause then I can give my everything when I'm in the studio. I love being in the studio and being able to think, 'Okay, I'm not doing anything tomorrow.'

I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.

Even if I have to work, scheduling breaks where I disconnect from technology can be beneficial.

I just work so much and so hard that I love the idea of being around family, friends and my animals quietly at home, just chilling out.