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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...
cruel-hearted supple wrinkle
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
shivering theater stage
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
cruel-hearted supple wrinkle
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
shivering theater stage
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
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Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
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  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
fragrant ratface stead
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
cruel-hearted supple wrinkle
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
fragrant ratface stead
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
cruel-hearted supple wrinkle
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
fragrant ratface stead
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
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  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
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  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
ultramarine hyperactive quadroon
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
cruel-hearted supple wrinkle
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
ultramarine hyperactive quadroon
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
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  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
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The dignity of work is an American myth.
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you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
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  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
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  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
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  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: cruel-hearted supple wrinkle

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: shivering theater stage

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: cruel-hearted supple wrinkle

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: shivering theater stage

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: Bisexual hairy legs

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: charismatic turquoise pit roommate



(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: Low-t striped hyena

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: vermilion godawful house



(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: fragrant ratface stead

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: cruel-hearted supple wrinkle

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: fragrant ratface stead

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: cruel-hearted supple wrinkle

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: fragrant ratface stead

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: Sickened Stirring Kitty Cat

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: Swashbuckling underhanded national nibblets

(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: wine trailer park



(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: Aromatic fantasy-prone casino cumskin



(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: wine trailer park



(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: glittery tanning salon stock car



(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: glassy internal respiration prole

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: Shimmering nubile idea he suggested

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: ultramarine hyperactive quadroon

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: cruel-hearted supple wrinkle

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: ultramarine hyperactive quadroon

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: fragrant ratface stead

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: razzle-dazzle crimson idiot



(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: Aromatic fantasy-prone casino cumskin

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: ultramarine hyperactive quadroon



(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: Aromatic fantasy-prone casino cumskin



(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: glittery tanning salon stock car

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: Demanding Unholy Potus

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: Motley abode mad cow disease

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: Garnet heady pervert genital piercing

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: Aromatic fantasy-prone casino cumskin



(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: Motley abode mad cow disease



(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: wine trailer park



(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: fragrant ratface stead

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: ultramarine hyperactive quadroon

(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: fragrant ratface stead

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: Bisexual hairy legs



(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: Claret french orchestra pit

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: ladders



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