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I’m having a hard time finding the will to work hard

I work with some folks who are really into work for the sake...
heady mad cow disease
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
obsidian forum
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
heady mad cow disease
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
obsidian forum
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
Big gay wizard
  02/02/21
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slate marketing idea boltzmann
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
Galvanic locale yarmulke
  02/02/21
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vibrant hilarious parlour
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
lilac cowardly point
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
heady mad cow disease
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
lilac cowardly point
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
heady mad cow disease
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
lilac cowardly point
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
Razzle-dazzle Effete Site Shitlib
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
Excitant hairless toaster
  02/02/21
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Hairraiser community account
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Clear self-absorbed fanboi
  02/02/21
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Hairraiser community account
  02/02/21
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Fuchsia garrison hunting ground
  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
Trip plaza
  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
Irradiated Church
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
Shimmering Azn
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
heady mad cow disease
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
Shimmering Azn
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
lilac cowardly point
  02/02/21
...
Geriatric pistol rigor
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
Clear self-absorbed fanboi
  02/02/21
...
Shimmering Azn
  02/02/21
...
Clear self-absorbed fanboi
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
Fuchsia garrison hunting ground
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
stimulating cobalt cruise ship psychic
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
Exhilarant godawful theatre new version
  02/02/21
hype house
Self-centered dun faggot firefighter black woman
  02/02/21
...
Clear self-absorbed fanboi
  02/02/21
...
Exhilarant godawful theatre new version
  02/03/21
...
Hairraiser community account
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
lilac cowardly point
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
Shimmering Azn
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
lilac cowardly point
  02/03/21
...
Big gay wizard
  02/03/21
aderall+lunesta (repeat every day for the rest of your life)
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: heady mad cow disease

I work with some folks who are really into work for the sake of work. You know the whole concept of “work ethic.”

But, it’s hard for me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875683)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:45 PM
Author: obsidian forum

have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875685)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: heady mad cow disease

No. Will those help?

I’m serious, I need to learn how to just be one of those robots who revels in the pleasures of work for work’s sake. That is the expectation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875700)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:49 PM
Author: obsidian forum

well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) definitely have lots of pro-productivity ideas. i don't know if they'll help your specific situation, since i don't know your background, what you do or what your attitude towards your work is, but they might help and are worth reading in their own right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875716)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:08 PM
Author: Big gay wizard

wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876539)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:46 PM
Author: slate marketing idea boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876756)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Galvanic locale yarmulke

Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876764)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: vibrant hilarious parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876786)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:50 PM
Author: lilac cowardly point

Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane. Man needs meaning to thrive!

You can raise a dog with food

You can keep a servant with money

But only purpose will motivate a man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875728)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:22 PM
Author: heady mad cow disease

These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-motivate myself to hang around and endure the mistreatment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875929)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: lilac cowardly point

You don't need to put up with that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876516)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: heady mad cow disease

I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do. I deserve it for being me. And that’s okay. I can accept it. I just need to learn how to smile and dance and tell a funny joke while I do the ol’ soft shoe in the corner like Mr Bojangles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876582)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:27 PM
Author: lilac cowardly point

You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself to this for this amount of money. You can quit. Even with no plan, you can quit and then figure something out. It's not worth it. If it's now or later, do it now. You only get one life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876653)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:23 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Effete Site Shitlib

we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 hours of intense yet stimulating work in a close-knit organic peer group early in the day and fuck off for the rest of it. we never biologically caught up to the world we made.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875935)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:10 PM
Author: Excitant hairless toaster

(Unabomber)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876547)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:17 PM
Author: Hairraiser community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876587)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: Clear self-absorbed fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876773)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: Hairraiser community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876586)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Fuchsia garrison hunting ground



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876763)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:26 PM
Author: Trip plaza

sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that will motivate you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41875948)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:11 PM
Author: Irradiated Church

I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876557)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:30 PM
Author: Shimmering Azn

It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for me it is.

I like sales and did it before going to law school. The motivation to work is very directly connected to your income in a tangible way: make the sale, get paid. Make more sales, get paid more.

What incentive do I have to review some dense, boring as fuck legal document at 10pm and then discuss it with others? It's an atrocious way to live and I am completely unmotivated to do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876665)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:33 PM
Author: heady mad cow disease

The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a week, then 2 weeks. It just sits.

It’s miserable coming in everyday and seeing that albatross sitting there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876681)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:36 PM
Author: Shimmering Azn

I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and grind out work unflinchingly for hours. It blows my mind. Just hours on end alone in a room doing an incredibly boring, tedious, and somehow stressful job.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876701)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:45 PM
Author: lilac cowardly point

they're poasting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876748)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:06 AM
Author: Geriatric pistol rigor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876868)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: Clear self-absorbed fanboi

There are people like that in society. It's better you accept that they exist now in order to fight them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876785)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:51 PM
Author: Shimmering Azn



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876801)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: Clear self-absorbed fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876782)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Fuchsia garrison hunting ground

The dignity of work is an American myth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876769)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: stimulating cobalt cruise ship psychic

you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is an outdated calvinist intention. acts of service > working hard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876791)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: Exhilarant godawful theatre new version

If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust your ass and enjoy it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876792)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Self-centered dun faggot firefighter black woman

hype house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876803)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Clear self-absorbed fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876808)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:41 AM
Author: Exhilarant godawful theatre new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876973)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:00 AM
Author: Hairraiser community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41877006)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: lilac cowardly point

Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876812)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:56 PM
Author: Shimmering Azn

(not a lawyer)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876826)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:10 AM
Author: lilac cowardly point

False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is possible to set boundaries. If you're really good and have high hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876885)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:44 AM
Author: Big gay wizard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41876976)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:03 AM
Author: Salmon elastic band

aderall+lunesta (repeat every day for the rest of your life)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#41877013)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 2:55 PM
Author: Goy Cattle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...#49617688)