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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...
Mauve goal in life
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
saffron sinister fanboi rehab
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
Mauve goal in life
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
saffron sinister fanboi rehab
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
Bearded bistre preventive strike
  02/02/21
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walnut hairraiser laser beams
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
Mustard big rigor
  02/02/21
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chartreuse hyperventilating mother
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
Razzmatazz Church
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
Mauve goal in life
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
Razzmatazz Church
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
Mauve goal in life
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
Razzmatazz Church
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
henna office
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
Histrionic Soggy Community Account
  02/02/21
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Stirring spot
  02/02/21
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Wonderful heaven gaping
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Stirring spot
  02/02/21
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Azure frum friendly grandma
  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
chrome corner
  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
costumed low-t deer antler
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
laughsome crimson pervert
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
Mauve goal in life
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
laughsome crimson pervert
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
Razzmatazz Church
  02/02/21
...
maniacal carnelian skinny woman
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
Wonderful heaven gaping
  02/02/21
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laughsome crimson pervert
  02/02/21
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Wonderful heaven gaping
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
Azure frum friendly grandma
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
haunting floppy macaca hell
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
Bronze forum
  02/02/21
hype house
Irradiated halford garrison
  02/02/21
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Wonderful heaven gaping
  02/02/21
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Bronze forum
  02/03/21
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Stirring spot
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
Razzmatazz Church
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
laughsome crimson pervert
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
Razzmatazz Church
  02/03/21
...
Bearded bistre preventive strike
  02/03/21
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: Mauve goal in life

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...id.#41875683)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:45 PM
Author: saffron sinister fanboi rehab

have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41875685)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: Mauve goal in life

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...id.#41875700)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:49 PM
Author: saffron sinister fanboi rehab

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...id.#41875716)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:08 PM
Author: Bearded bistre preventive strike

wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876539)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:46 PM
Author: walnut hairraiser laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876756)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Mustard big rigor

Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876764)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: chartreuse hyperventilating mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876786)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:50 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Church

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...id.#41875728)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:22 PM
Author: Mauve goal in life

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...id.#41875929)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Church

You don't need to put up with that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876516)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: Mauve goal in life

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...id.#41876582)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:27 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Church

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...id.#41876653)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:23 PM
Author: henna office

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...id.#41875935)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:10 PM
Author: Histrionic Soggy Community Account

(Unabomber)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876547)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:17 PM
Author: Stirring spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876587)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: Wonderful heaven gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876773)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: Stirring spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876586)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Azure frum friendly grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876763)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:26 PM
Author: chrome corner

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...id.#41875948)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:11 PM
Author: costumed low-t deer antler

I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876557)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:30 PM
Author: laughsome crimson pervert

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...id.#41876665)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:33 PM
Author: Mauve goal in life

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...id.#41876681)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:36 PM
Author: laughsome crimson pervert

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...id.#41876701)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:45 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Church

they're poasting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876748)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:06 AM
Author: maniacal carnelian skinny woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876868)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: Wonderful heaven gaping

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...id.#41876785)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:51 PM
Author: laughsome crimson pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876801)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: Wonderful heaven gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876782)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Azure frum friendly grandma

The dignity of work is an American myth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876769)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: haunting floppy macaca hell

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...id.#41876791)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: Bronze forum

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...id.#41876792)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Irradiated halford garrison

hype house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876803)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Wonderful heaven gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876808)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:41 AM
Author: Bronze forum



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876973)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:00 AM
Author: Stirring spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41877006)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Church

Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876812)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:56 PM
Author: laughsome crimson pervert

(not a lawyer)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876826)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:10 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Church

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...id.#41876885)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:44 AM
Author: Bearded bistre preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2...id.#41876976)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:03 AM
Author: disrespectful talented french chef

aderall+lunesta (repeat every day for the rest of your life)

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