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Grats on the degree and all the best in your job hunt. Personally I know my day is limited so I try to make 80% of my effort on things I love to do, and 20% on
by me_me_mu_mu 5y ago
Grats on the degree and all the best in your job hunt.
Personally I know my day is limited so I try to make 80% of my effort on things I love to do, and 20% on the things I don't enjoy that much. For example, doing the dishes, work, or exercise. I don't really enjoy those activities because I dislike the feeling of being sweaty, and work is honestly boring and meetings are awful, but I know they're necessary baseline activities and they don't require that much effort. So, there I just accept that I have to do it. That way, I don't care enough to let those things derail the rest of my attention during the day on things I really enjoy, such as working on my projects, reading books, cooking, or whatever.
Works well enough for me, but it's been rough in Covid because there's only so much you can do without regular human connection. I'm happy being alone and amongst loved ones, but there is an other half which wants to be amongst other people in the world whether that's at work, going to parties, traveling or just like walking around in my city and hitting up random food spots. Hopefully this new year is a return to regular style of being outside and doing stuff.
- Gary_TheSnail_ 5y agoThis seems like a cool application of the 80/20 rule. I never thought to apply it to work and life like that, but it sounds much healthier than what I've been doing. I'll think of a new plan/daily schedule that lessens the current percent of day I spend on school and related projects and put that time towards something for myself. Thank you for your input and thoughts! Edit: typo
- jventura 5y agoNote that the post you reply to is talking about 80% effort and not 80% of the time. At least it is my interpretation since a (normal) person cannot usually have 80% of the day for fun activities and only 20% for work.