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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...
bright newt chapel
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
soul-stirring lodge
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
bright newt chapel
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
soul-stirring lodge
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
glittery area
  02/02/21
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Concupiscible Point
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
Very Tactful Stead
  02/02/21
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Massive bateful property nowag
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
underhanded up-to-no-good brunch
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
bright newt chapel
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
underhanded up-to-no-good brunch
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
bright newt chapel
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
underhanded up-to-no-good brunch
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
adventurous keepsake machete
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
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Hyperventilating Know-it-all Stain Trump Supporter
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Outnumbered vigorous church
  02/02/21
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Hyperventilating Know-it-all Stain Trump Supporter
  02/02/21
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jet rigor
  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
haunting kitchen headpube
  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
Ungodly Institution
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
dashing principal's office
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
bright newt chapel
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
dashing principal's office
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
underhanded up-to-no-good brunch
  02/02/21
...
Flickering resort jewess
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
Outnumbered vigorous church
  02/02/21
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dashing principal's office
  02/02/21
...
Outnumbered vigorous church
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
jet rigor
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
excitant station boiling water
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
Crimson french chef
  02/02/21
hype house
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Outnumbered vigorous church
  02/02/21
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Crimson french chef
  02/03/21
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Hyperventilating Know-it-all Stain Trump Supporter
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
underhanded up-to-no-good brunch
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
dashing principal's office
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
underhanded up-to-no-good brunch
  02/03/21
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glittery area
  02/03/21
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: bright newt chapel

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: soul-stirring lodge

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: bright newt chapel

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: soul-stirring lodge

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: glittery area

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: Concupiscible Point



(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: Very Tactful Stead

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: Massive bateful property nowag



(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 up-to-no-good brunch

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: bright newt chapel

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 up-to-no-good brunch

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: bright newt chapel

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 up-to-no-good brunch

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: adventurous keepsake machete

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: electric hairless pozpig

(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: Hyperventilating Know-it-all Stain Trump Supporter



(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: Outnumbered vigorous church



(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: Hyperventilating Know-it-all Stain Trump Supporter



(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: jet rigor



(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: haunting kitchen headpube

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: Ungodly Institution

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: dashing principal's office

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: bright newt chapel

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: dashing principal's office

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 up-to-no-good brunch

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: Flickering resort jewess



(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: Outnumbered vigorous church

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: dashing principal's office



(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: Outnumbered vigorous church



(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: jet rigor

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: excitant station boiling water

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: Crimson french chef

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: Pearl Aromatic Stage Gaming Laptop

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: Outnumbered vigorous church



(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: Crimson french chef



(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: Hyperventilating Know-it-all Stain Trump Supporter



(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 up-to-no-good brunch

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: dashing principal's office

(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 up-to-no-good brunch

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: glittery area



(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: fishy milk

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)