@mikemsceo wrote:Does this happen to anybody else?
is this an actual problem?
Typical for Gen X at any rate.
I'd say no, as long as you get your downtime or playtime somewhere. Work hard play hard so to speak. Having let work define too much of my life, do make time for other things.
I do the same thing (think about work all the time), and I wish I could stop.
I recently left my job of 6+ years for a much, MUCH better position. I work remotely from a home office, so I work where I live and live where I work. That adds another layer to the dilemma for me.
They loved me at my old job. I mean REALLY loved me. It was heartbreaking to leave, but it was the right thing to do and the right time to do it. Even in that job, I thought about it all the time, worked up to 70 hours a week a few times, always did some work on weekends and yes, even had dreams/nightmares about it.
Here I am at the new job, missing being loved by one and all, exhausted at the prospect of having to prove myself all over again, with a hugely heavy workload, and a nice big helping of "I'm not worthy" and "I feel like a fraud" piled on top. I think it's all these feelings of inadequacy and such that make me kind of hypervigilant about my job.
I sure don't know the answer, but I'm pretty darn sure it's not healthy. I wish I could just STOP DOING IT and cut myself some slack evenings and weekends. I need some fun, man.
@Anonymous wrote:Does this happen to anybody else?
is this an actual problem?
I barely think about work when I'm at work. 
Nah, but seriously, life is a difficult thing to compartmentalize. Sometimes you think of work, especially when there's a stressful or challenging situation. Or you might be thinking of ways to get ahead, too. I think it can be negative or positive. Consider if it interferes with the quality of your life to think about work outside of work hours. If not, I think you're ok. But if it does, then it's time to think of ways to address the issues.
It's Saturday again, and I'm thinking about work again. I hate being the primary wage earner, especially given my health issues. I think that's partly why I think/stress about it all the time. I'm terrified of not being good enough, losing my job and having everything I've worked so hard to build fall apart.
I keep hoping that I will get some sort of indication from my new (five weeks now) boss about how I'm doing, but he's pretty much a totally hands-off guy. My boss at my last job was a nanomanager -- like a micromanager, only worse. This new guy is totally the opposite.
Wonder how long it takes for the "new" to wear off a job... To get to the point where you feel comfortable. A friend told me four months.