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　　I believe in leaving work at five o’clock. In a nation that operates on a staunch Protestant work ethic, this belief could be considered radical. Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out at five o’clock anymore. It seems downright quaint, like pocket watches and shoe shines. My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and dedication to a career. But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs. My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer. Still, he insisted on traveling to honor his commitment to give a seminar. He probably earned a lot of money that day, and he paid the price: He returned to the hospital soon after and was dead within three months, at age 58.

　　我的信念是在五点结束每天的工作。 在这个奉行新教徒那套“工作至上”理念的国度，我的这一信念可算是激进。每周只工作40小时？我认识的人中很少是下午五点打卡下班的。那看起来就跟怀表、鞋油这类东西一样，简直是过时而怪异。我父亲尽力教导我勤奋工作、超时工作以及献身事业这几点的重要性。但后来，他也无意中教了我一些东西，比如那次当他最后一次下班回家爬上楼梯的时候。 我父亲是一名自雇的销售培训师。那天，他已经病得很厉害，疲惫不堪。肝癌拖垮了他的身体，他还饱受糖尿病溃疡的折磨。然而，他为履行承诺仍坚持到外地主持一个研讨会。他那天可能赚了不少钱，但他也付出了代价——不久之后又住进了医院，而且三个月后就去世了，终年58岁。

　　It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, literally or figuratively. The idea of leaving work at work didn’t come easily to me. After all, I am my father’s daughter. In college, I wasn’t going to keg parties in a frat basement; I was the girl who lingered on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open. I even dreamt about schoolwork.

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