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There's a deeply ingrained conviction (that I'm also a victim of) from generation of our grandparents and blue collar jobs that the work ain't real work unless you put 8hr of sweat and pain and you're dead at the end of the day.

Things work differently in 21st century highly intellectual job. Doing that is a straight recipe for burnout.

I'm the kind of person who typically overly engages in every job but I'm tired full time as a result. I actually think I need to work less (but be better organized).



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