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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...
bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
mind-boggling sexy filthpig
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
mind-boggling sexy filthpig
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
navy dilemma
  02/02/21
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pale skinny woman
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
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  02/02/21
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Elite Cheese-eating Principal's Office Tattoo
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
Charcoal aromatic legal warrant
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
Charcoal aromatic legal warrant
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
Charcoal aromatic legal warrant
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
Razzle-dazzle idiotic black woman
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
Peach wonderful mental disorder
  02/02/21
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rusted field
  02/02/21
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Soul-stirring ape
  02/02/21
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rusted field
  02/02/21
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Diverse light gay wizard
  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
Crusty filthy stain hall
  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
vibrant corn cake step-uncle's house
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
Mentally Impaired Bespoke House
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
Mentally Impaired Bespoke House
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
Charcoal aromatic legal warrant
  02/02/21
...
Supple frozen pozpig mood
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
Soul-stirring ape
  02/02/21
...
Mentally Impaired Bespoke House
  02/02/21
...
Soul-stirring ape
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
Diverse light gay wizard
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
Underhanded Marvelous Patrolman
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
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  02/02/21
hype house
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  02/02/21
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  02/03/21
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rusted field
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
Charcoal aromatic legal warrant
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
Mentally Impaired Bespoke House
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
Charcoal aromatic legal warrant
  02/03/21
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navy dilemma
  02/03/21
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead

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: mind-boggling sexy filthpig

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: bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead

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: mind-boggling sexy filthpig

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: navy dilemma

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: pale skinny woman



(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: chocolate crawly resort double fault

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: Elite Cheese-eating Principal's Office Tattoo



(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: Charcoal aromatic legal warrant

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: bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead

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: Charcoal aromatic legal warrant

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: bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead

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: Charcoal aromatic legal warrant

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 idiotic black woman

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: Peach wonderful mental disorder

(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: rusted field



(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: Soul-stirring ape



(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: rusted field



(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: Diverse light gay wizard



(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: Crusty filthy stain hall

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: vibrant corn cake step-uncle's house

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: Mentally Impaired Bespoke House

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: bat-shit-crazy exhilarant circlehead

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: Mentally Impaired Bespoke House

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: Charcoal aromatic legal warrant

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: Supple frozen pozpig mood



(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: Soul-stirring ape

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: Mentally Impaired Bespoke House



(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: Soul-stirring ape



(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: Diverse light gay wizard

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: Underhanded Marvelous Patrolman

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: Maniacal ultramarine institution

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: fragrant wild station karate

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: Soul-stirring ape



(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: Maniacal ultramarine institution



(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: rusted field



(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: Charcoal aromatic legal warrant

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: Mentally Impaired Bespoke House

(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: Charcoal aromatic legal warrant

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: navy dilemma



(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: cracking violet nowag

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)