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Re:In Praise of the 5-Hour Workday and Other ‘Radical’ Ideas by ehnto on Thursday November 07, 2019 @12:02AM (#21470557)
I concur, I've never worked anywhere that didn't have a continuous stream of work available to work on. I think it contributes to the burnout a bit, at least until you find a way to look at it differently. Because it feels like there is never a "finished" state to the job. You could in theory always do more.
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Re:In Praise of the 5-Hour Workday and Other ‘Radical’ Ideas by Daishiman on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:22PM (#21477945)
That's like, the vast majority of jobs. And what that means is that there's no point in working hard to rush through ultimately useless work or work that adds less value.

Just focus on doing what's important in a timely basis and happily deprioritize the useless stuff.

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