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What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
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Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#52I suppose that article is written by someone who doesn't have: - young kids - chores to do - a house/yard to maintain - hackernews to read ?
Admittedly no. This was written back when I was a young teenager innocent to the complexities of the world :)
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#53Feels written by someone youthfull and single.
Very, very true. I'm now in college and am trying my best to savor the days when I have such little responsibility.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#54For an article that claims to advocate making good use of your time… this feels like a waste of my time. It’s a lot of words to just end up at “carpe diem” and has big “thanks I’m cured” energy to boot. Consider spending those 52(38) hours not worrying about scolding people about how they spend their own discretionary time.
That's a good point. When I wrote the article, I was thinking of the younger phone-addicted generation as my 'audience' and trying to convince them to spend time on doing meaningful things instead of just doom-scrolling on their phone. That's who I was writing for. My apologies if it came across as cliche.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#55I concluded years ago that I'm not time-constrained, I'm energy-constrained. I couldn't explain it in terms of neurochemistry, but it's clear empirically that for me at least, willpower or mental focus is a resource which can be depleted, and work takes most of it. To me, the best way to use those 52 hours is not achieving things but caring for myself/restoring willpower, which means some blend of socialization, exer…
This is in part why I have a job I'm overqualified for at a slow-ish moving corporate. To be fair, I fell into it and the job suits me better than being a software engineer. Being a software engineer isn't bad. But being a data analyst while having the same pay at a marketing department is infinitely easier. I'm the only technical person, so anything I make has more impact, despite the fact that it's easier. Also, on…
What would really make an impact would be to work towards making that IT dept. functional, efficient even. That's what a true leader would do, but you are clearly disincentivised from doing it since it would upend your cushy sitiation.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is in part why I have a job I'm overqualified for at a slow-ish moving corporate. To be fair, I fell into it and the job suits me better than being a software engineer. Being a software engineer isn't bad. But being a data analyst while having the same pay at a marketing department is infinitely easier. I'm the only technical person, so anything I make has more impact, despite the fact that it's easier. Also, on…
What would really make an impact would be to work towards making that IT dept. functional, efficient even. That's what a true leader would do, but you are clearly disincentivised from doing it since it would upend your cushy sitiation.
That’s a political job. I would need buy-in from many stakeholders and go against the company strategy of centralizing all business units to the global organization. I would effectively be fighting against the C-suite and the global organization.
You do it, if you want to make an impact. You’re only 9 months behind me and they are multinational.
I would also be up for doing it together. You would probably take a pay cut though since this organization doesn’t pay much. But hey, at least you will make an impact.
My email is in my profile.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
try waking up 3-4 hours before work and do something else you want to do but requires more energy. It's hard to keep the habit in today society, but it can be done. Typically you can do your work good enough with less energy, if you've worked in the same place long enough.
sleep only 4 hours everyday is brutal on your body.
that's not what I wrote