This book has been a great reading experience. Thanks to the author and the publisher for bringing this book to life.

This is an eye-opening guide that tackles the all-too-familiar struggle of work-life balance in today's hectic, high-demand world.The author offers practical insights and real-life examples, making it a good resource for anyone dealing with workaholism or witnessing its toll on loved ones. The pandemic forced a shift to remote work, often tinged with a lack of trust on the employer/boss end and an unspoken resistance to healthy remote relationships. So, this book comes at a great time to help find harmony in your professional and personal life again.

While we could all agree that being a workaholic isn't a good thing. But it's common now to give, give, give to your employer. We need to stop doing this. We can be successful, even when realizing that at the end of the day our family and friends will be what matters. Not sure you're a workaholic? This book will help you recognize the signs. I thought this book was well done.
Thank you to NetGalley and NYU Press for an e-ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

I am giving this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Chained to the Desk: is an excellent book on explaining to any layperson the effects (both clinically and socially) on what workaholism can do to a person, and their loved ones. The book provides substantial information that clearly articulates what the symptoms look like, and what can be done to combat it. The stories in this book from other workaholics prove that anybody can be a workaholic, even celebrities who you would like to have the "perfect life"

Even though overworking is very common in our society, and even encouraged, this book is encouraging in the way that it proves that you don't have to overwork yourself, to be the "best" and that if you are overworking yourself you should consider why, and how to stop it.

With all of that being said the reason this book is 4.5 and not a full 5 stars is that I have read books like this before, which poses the question what makes this book different then the others in this category. If this was the first book that somebody read about overworking and workaholism, then I think it would be a really well round read for somebody, however if somebody had read other books on this topic then it would be a very boring read.