• JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip
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    10 hours ago

    I see the validity in this, but I think a big reason for it is that right now I’m so exhausted constantly that I need a significant amount of recovery time before I can actually do those things I want to.

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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, it took half of my 2 week break before I had enough energy to start working on cleaning the garage.

  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Nono, I can get a LOT done if I have something else I REALLY need to be doing (like work) ill get 5 other projects done while worrying about the work im supposed to actually be doing!

    On days off, I dont have that motivation and overwhelming choice

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      7 hours ago

      I unironically loved the pandemic for being able to progress some of my hobbies

      Being able to throw myself into making music for hours without a drained social/mental battery and basically nothing to interrupt me helped me do more in a year or so than I’d managed to find time for in a decade. I also got back into enjoying long-form games that I’ve not been able to make time for outside of the pandemic. The few I’ve started since I’ve had to put down for extended periods of time and that’s kinda killed my momentum. I also read the most I’d read since I was a kid.

      So I know I could definitely be given an extra couple of days a week of free time, and would have zero issues filling that time and getting something positive out of it, even if I wasn’t allowed to leave my house.

      I’m not saying there weren’t downsides, but more free time was amazing

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      10 hours ago

      Exactly. Still paid money and given all your time back too…and still didn’t do shit, huh?

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    6 hours ago

    I thought I’d get so much done with my 5 days of use-or-lose PTO by using it up for Ano Perineum, but, here I sit on Dec 31, a day and a half left, having done just about nothing but play video games. I said I wouldn’t feel bad if that’s what happened, but now it’s like the Sunday scaries are setting in on the year