The Journal. · Sunday, August 2, 2026
Laura Mair characterizes her relationship with work as an obsession akin to addiction, where thoughts of work dominate her waking hours. She compares the cycle of success and the brief satisfaction it brings to a slot machine, noting that this societal valorization of addiction cycles can lead to a perpetual feeling of never doing enough.
“I mean, I'm obsessed with work.”
“It is like a slot machine.”
“And that's an addiction cycle, right?”