Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
by PhasmaFelis on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:25PM
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Mileage may vary, but the only times I really enjoy my job are when I get to really muck around with spreadsheets and handy little scripts. Most of the rest of it is just endlessly frustrating. It's possible I'm wrong, but I think my life satisfaction would be a lot higher if I could do that fill time and get paid.
Or don't. Monetizing your leisure activity might well turn it into Just More Work that drains and stresses. Speaking for myself, I needed zero-stakes activities as a pressure relief valve when I was doing the corporate job, or I'd end up relying to chemicals to simulate that relaxation and get back to baseline. Benzos rot your brain, booze makes you fat; pottering in the ham shack does neither.