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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by lazyjones on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:23AM (#22107692)
Fitness routines and work are not the same thing. The former is IMHO pretty much a pointless waste of time (nothing bad will happen if you skip one day) and work usually just needs to be done eventually or there are serious consequences. The former thus needs self deception, while the latter just requires realization/visualization of its necessity and of the dire consequences.
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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by blaser-waffle on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:40AM (#22107841)
> Fitness routines and work are not the same thing. The former is IMHO pretty much a pointless waste of time

> lazyjones

Ya'll gonna take fitness advice from the lazy guy?

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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by lazyjones on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:39AM (#22108477)
Wow, that's some low effort post... I'm not lazy and I exercise when I need to wait/kill time or when I feel like it (e.g. I run instead of walking somewhere), I don't wastefully allocate extra time for it.
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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by dfsegoat on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:29AM (#22108375)
Your argument is a bit contradictory: I can skip one day of work just like I can skip 1 workout ("nothing bad will happen").

However, I am pretty sure there are dire/severe consequences to not maintaining your physical health over time [1], just like there are if you do not perform at work.

1 - https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/about-physical-activity...

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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by lazyjones on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:41AM (#22108502)
If nothing happens when you skip one day of work, perhaps you should work less or be fired. In important jobs, not working stalls processes and sometimes even endangers lives.
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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by dfsegoat on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:51PM (#22110790)
This feels like grasping at straws here: How do you handle acute illness? Do you just "push through" and potentially get your coworkers sick, all while cranking out sub-par work?

Further, should I be fired or reduce my schedule if I am hospitalized after a car-accident, or require a surgical intervention like the one I 'skipped' 7 days of work to have done?

...The logic of your argument just really doesn't compute, but I may just be missing something.

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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by lazyjones on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @05:33AM (#22116249)
> How do you handle acute illness?

Hopefully, you accept the negative impact on your work as reasonable under the circumstances.

If there is none, why do you "work"?

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