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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...
slippery burgundy weed whacker
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
Navy Parlour
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
slippery burgundy weed whacker
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
Navy Parlour
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
Embarrassed To The Bone Talented Native
  02/02/21
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Fishy step-uncle's house
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
chestnut messiness
  02/02/21
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Outnumbered jet fat ankles
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
underhanded primrose pit
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
slippery burgundy weed whacker
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
underhanded primrose pit
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
slippery burgundy weed whacker
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
underhanded primrose pit
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
useless spectacular hospital
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
Beta razzle-dazzle den
  02/02/21
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trip idea he suggested scourge upon the earth
  02/02/21
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Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad
  02/02/21
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trip idea he suggested scourge upon the earth
  02/02/21
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Exciting Judgmental Pozpig Electric Furnace
  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
Blathering supple milk
  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
Lascivious Painfully Honest School Cafeteria
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
swashbuckling generalized bond
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
slippery burgundy weed whacker
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
swashbuckling generalized bond
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
underhanded primrose pit
  02/02/21
...
soul-stirring sanctuary community account
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad
  02/02/21
...
swashbuckling generalized bond
  02/02/21
...
Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
Exciting Judgmental Pozpig Electric Furnace
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
Kink-friendly Dark Locus Mexican
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
cerebral state
  02/02/21
hype house
walnut mind-boggling cuckold
  02/02/21
...
Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad
  02/02/21
...
cerebral state
  02/03/21
...
trip idea he suggested scourge upon the earth
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
underhanded primrose pit
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
swashbuckling generalized bond
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
underhanded primrose pit
  02/03/21
...
Embarrassed To The Bone Talented Native
  02/03/21
aderall+lunesta (repeat every day for the rest of your life)
bearded histrionic friendly grandma
  02/03/21
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: slippery burgundy weed whacker

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: Navy Parlour

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: slippery burgundy weed whacker

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: Navy Parlour

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: Embarrassed To The Bone Talented Native

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: Fishy step-uncle's house



(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: chestnut messiness

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: Outnumbered jet fat ankles



(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: underhanded primrose pit

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: slippery burgundy weed whacker

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: underhanded primrose pit

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: slippery burgundy weed whacker

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: underhanded primrose pit

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: useless spectacular hospital

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: Beta razzle-dazzle den

(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: trip idea he suggested scourge upon the earth



(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: Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad



(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: trip idea he suggested scourge upon the earth



(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: Exciting Judgmental Pozpig Electric Furnace



(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: Blathering supple milk

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: Lascivious Painfully Honest School Cafeteria

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: swashbuckling generalized bond

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: slippery burgundy weed whacker

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: swashbuckling generalized bond

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: underhanded primrose pit

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: soul-stirring sanctuary community account



(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: Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad

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: swashbuckling generalized bond



(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: Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad



(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: Exciting Judgmental Pozpig Electric Furnace

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: Kink-friendly Dark Locus Mexican

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: cerebral state

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: walnut mind-boggling cuckold

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: Free-loading cracking queen of the night police squad



(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: cerebral state



(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: trip idea he suggested scourge upon the earth



(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: underhanded primrose pit

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: swashbuckling generalized bond

(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: underhanded primrose pit

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: Embarrassed To The Bone Talented Native



(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: bearded histrionic friendly grandma

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: Jeffrey Edward Epstein



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