I wish I spent more time at work
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I wish I spent more time at work

No one’s final words are about emails and deadlinesBy Lily V. Kingsley
Michael Caine
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Length2h 56m

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What if everything you were taught about success is quietly stealing your life? From an early age, we’re handed a script. Work harder. Stay later. Answer faster. Chase the promotion. Fill every hour. Wear exhaustion like a badge of honour. We’re told this is ambition. Responsibility. Success. But at the end of a life, no one wishes they had cleared more emails. No one longs for one more meeting. No one asks for five extra years at their desk. Instead, they remember missed dinners, postponed dreams, unread bedtime stories, and the quiet moments that slipped away while they were busy being “productive.” I Wish I Spent More Time at Work is a powerful, eye, opening guide for anyone who feels trapped by hustle culture, overwhelmed by deadlines, or defined by their job title. This book challenges the modern obsession with busyness and offers a new way forward, one rooted in balance, presence, and purpose. Blending psychology, personal development, and practical life design, this book helps you: • Break free from the myth that overwork equals success • Recognize how busyness disguises burnout and emotional emptiness • Stop tying your self, worth to productivity and achievement • Set boundaries without guilt or apology • Reclaim your time, energy, and attention • Design a life you don’t need to escape from • Focus on relationships, health, and experiences that truly matter • Redefine what a “good life” really means on your terms Through honest reflection and actionable strategies, you’ll learn how work slowly expands to fill every corner of your world and how to gently, deliberately take that space back. This isn’t about quitting your job or abandoning ambition. It’s about putting work in its rightful place, as a part of life, not the center of it. If you’ve ever felt exhausted yet strangely unfulfilled… If you’ve ever thought, “There has to be more than this”… If you’re successful on paper but disconnected in your heart… This book is your permission slip to step off the treadmill. Because the truth is simple and uncomfortable: time is the one resource you never get back. And the life you keep postponing is the only one you have. Stop waiting for someday. Stop sacrificing today for a future that never arrives. Build a life rich with meaning, connection, and presence, starting now. Work will always be there. Your life will not.

Audiobook details

GenreBusiness and Economics
Length2 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

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41. The Lie We’re Sold About Success
52. When Busyness Becomes a Badge of Honour
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63. The Moments We Miss While Chasing More
74. Why Your Inbox Will Never Love You Back
85. Redefining What a “Good Life” Really Means
96. Escaping the Productivity Trap
107. How Work Expands to Fill Your Entire World
118. The Courage to Choose What Matters Most
129. Designing a Life You Don’t Need to Escape From
1310. Setting Boundaries Without Apology
1411. The Myth of the Perfect Career
1512. Reclaiming Time, Presence, and Purpose
1613. What You’ll Remember at the End — and What You Won’t
1714. Building a Life That Outlasts Your Job Title
1815. Living So Fully That Work Finds Its Rightful Place
1916. Quick Reset Practices for Reclaiming Your Time and Life
2017. 50 Quick Tips to Build a Life You Don’t Need to Escape From
2118. How to Offer Support to Someone Struggling with Overwork and Burnout
2219. Frequently Asked Questions About Work, Life Balance, Burnout, and Reclaiming Your Time
2320. Common Myths About Work, Success, and the “Always Busy” Life
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