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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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