“When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl development for 2 more hours.”

Re:“When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl develop... by c7DJTLrn on Thursday March 18, 2021 @09:03PM (#26509242)

The number of @here IM pings I get on company chat during the day is insane, and usually none of them apply to me. Sometimes I have to just secretly schedule work that requires my absolute focus to the night time behind my boss' back. I shouldn't really do that - I don't get paid enough to - but anyway.

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Re:“When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl develop... by enobrev on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:24AM (#26510376)

It might be time to just shut off slack for a few hours a day.

It's probably frowned upon in some places, but when I _really_ need to focus (during daytime hours), I generally shut down slack, email, my phone, etc.

Generally, the teams I've worked with over the years have been amenable to this. I try to promote it with my teams as well: actual time off (no popping in while on vacation or sick), good sleep, time for focus, shutting off slack - especially when not working.

The last thing any of us need is to burn out because of notification overload. It makes us a stronger team if we're all healthy, well-rested, and able to get things done.

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