Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons worth learning

Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by no1youknowz on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:48AM (#20083013)

I work from home.

My schedule is:-

6.50am wake up

7.00am start work

12.00pm lunch

1.00pm start work

5.00pm dinner

6.00pm start work

9.45pm get ready for bed

10.00pm sleep

I don't have any distractions (except the occasional quick read of HN, when I need a short mental break), don't own a tv, no kids, wear the same clothes, I eat the same meals daily and I wear headphones and listen to music.

I'll do this for 90 days and then relax on the schedule somewhat and then repeat for another 90 days.

Let me tell you. It's actually quite interesting on what you can accomplish with 13 hours of work (91 hours a week) available to you.

Elon has it right. In a compound interest sort of way, what you can achieve in 90 days (with this schedule) is akin to someone else taking 6 months or more to do the same.

Of course it means no social life. But that's for later on.

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by brutally-honest on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:23AM (#20083360)

Then one day you're crossing the street, someone on a car can't see you behind their A pillar, and this was all for nothing =/

Life is happening right now, not later on. Vision acuity, muscle tenacity, disposition, hell, even liver performance – these won't wait for you :-)

What are you working for, actually?

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by ilikehurdles on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:20AM (#20084071)

I have never in my life been paid nearly enough to spend this much time working. The physicians I know literally making 4x my salary aren't consistently working this much, so you must be quite well-compensated.

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:19AM (#20083314)

How long have you been doing this? And I'm confused on what you mean by "Of course it means no social life. But that's for later on." - Do you have a spouse or significant other? Do you not think that having social interactions are important at all points in life?

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by notfromhere on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:40PM (#20085848)

This whole schedule is super bleak and reads like an intro to a dystopian novel

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by yitchelle on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:40AM (#20083556)

Just curious how long you were able to maintain this routine for? Personally, I would only last for about 1 week on this type of routine, and my body and family life would just fail on me. Not something I personally wish to put at risk.

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