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by WelcomeShorty 871 days ago
Priorities.

We all have 24 hours, there is no "finding time", it is just prioritising one thing over the another.

In the mids of my booming (cough) career, I was blessed with 4 children within 5 years. My prios shifted and still I was able to progress in my job, maintain social contacts and sleep :)

Turns out I was maxing my work hours to the absolute max before, and with far less pure time spend doing my job, I reached the same quality & respect. I had been spending my energy / time wrong / sub optimal.

Since that "revelation" I can do soo much more, that I deem important. Including spending very serious quality time with my children & partner. Much more than I was able before.

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That makes sense.

But I work at a startup with no startup benefits and yet all the negative sides.

Once I end a project/make some progress, or even before that, I am handed another project/responsibility.

I can barely breathe.

With that, the unhealthy obsession with warming your chair for longer hours is mixed.

I am so exhausted. I can barely do anything else.