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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/linkedinlunatics
 

The perfect way to mourn your mundane life.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By 10am? You reach 10am by step 4.

Also number 7 contradicts 4. Phone calls can be meetings. But what do I know.

[–] ricecake 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Those are X in boxes next to those in step four. I believe they're saying "no phone calls, no emails and no dealing with notifications".

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[–] MrsDoyle 10 points 1 month ago

Imagine a cup of coffee being all you look forward to.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Sounds horrible. Here's mine:

  • Stand up when woken up and feeling like it.
  • look into my wife's cute face.
  • we make food, watch star trek, drink tea
  • decide how and where we're gonna spend the day. Gaming? Binging? Pool? Museum? Zoo? Just driving around with no goal? Shopping-tour? Visit some city? Some voluntary work to help those less fortunate? Doing absolutely nothing?
  • end the day in peace whenever we feel like it.

Oh yes. No kids, no pets.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Oh yes. No kids, no pets.

No job?

Or is this just a weekend routine?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That's a psychopath's handwriting.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

every great accomplishment happens in the mornings if you're only ever awake during the mornings.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I keep reading work as worm.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

3 hours of deep worm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't zoom in: 2 Go for a wank

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There is no way that 99% of meetings are a waste of time. Like, many 70%, tops.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on the organization.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah right, a walk around nature! Because I have so much nature around me!

(Also, I'd prefer to get meetings and impromptu requests from colleagues in the morning, because I tend to get way in the zone around 14h-15h, with the drawback that I often run way in excess of 17h when I'm supposed to leave so I'm home by ~1815.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Cool, I don’t have meetings at my day job and I’m on the phone helping people through my entire day. If I worked for only three hours I might get sacked.

I don’t know who this person is, but I’m not sure they have a job.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The waiting 90 min for caffeine part is actually based on decent scientific evidence, but it's so damn hard.

Apparently the logic behind is that sleep neurotransmitters take a while to flush out in the morning, but drinking caffeine stops the flushing process and leaves you with leftover ones in your system. So as soon as the coffee wears off, you're way more likely to really crash.

I've tried to implement that habit, but ended up falling asleep at my work desk basically every day 🤷 (Although my doctor also says he's about 80% sure I have Narcolepsy, so that might have something to do with that)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can you cite a study?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCJr49GU9yY

It seems like a very common misconception that is maybe somewhat correlated, but causality hasn't been found as far as I could find. Probably one of those things that are hawked by "wellness influencers" and "hack your life" youtubers without actual evidence.

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[–] JulesTheModest 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I like organization... but I hate routines.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

"No meetings before 2pm (when the eastern hemisphere people are going to sleep)" that'll go over well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This man's colleague when he's just wasted three hours doing work he didn't have to: "but I sent you an email three hours ago about it?"

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And here's mine:

  • 6:30 am - wake up due to 4yo kicking or whatever
  • 7 - clean up the kitchen a bit
  • 7:30 - make breakfast and lunch for myself and kids
  • 8:15 - drive kids to school (we decided on a charter school, so no bus service)
  • 9:15 - get to work and refill my water bottle and whatnot
  • 9:30-11 - morning meetings
  • 11-12 - pretend like I'm working/check email/etc
  • 12-1 - lunch
  • 1-3 - work on my tasks for the day
  • 3-5 - fix something that went wrong, because something always goes wrong just before I go home
  • 5-6 - drive home (would take 30 min w/o traffic, but here we are)
  • 6-7 - make dinner or clean up house
  • 7-9 - get kids ready for bed (takes forever because they're really looking for time w/ me)
  • 9-10 - do adult stuff, like paying bills or shopping for birthdays/christmas stuff; maybe take a walk w/ SO; if the stars align, read a book or play video games

So yeah, that's me. I get about as much done in those 2 hours of actual work as many of my coworkers get, so I think I'm doing alright.

Here's an alternative schedule when I WFH:

  • 6:30-8:45 - same as above, just w/o commute
  • 10-12 - do work (we have fewer meetings on WFH days
  • 12-1 - get some exercise in my garage (kids are at school)
  • 1-3 - do more work while eating lunch
  • 3-5 - play video games or something in my home office (I've already done 2x the work I normally do)
  • 5-6 - make dinner or clean up house
  • 6-8 - hang out with family
  • 8-8:30 - get kids ready for bed (much easier since I can work the bedtime routine in the "hang out" part)
  • 8:30-10 - same as above, but I have an extra 30 min (hooray!!)

So yeah, most of what the OP posted cannot apply to me, but I get a similar amount of work done.

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