For sure, there are times when certain things simply have to get done. I didn't talk about that side of things simply because it would have diluted the message

For sure, there are times when certain things simply have to get done. I didn't talk about that side of things simply because it would have diluted the message, and I figured that it was a given. However, contrary to what the GP says, 100% time (at least, my personal experience) bears little to no resemblance to the 80/20 split found in many workplaces. I don't know what the split actually shakes out to in my case, but short of allowing random HNers to surveil me (as tantalizing a notion as that may be :-P), everyone will just have to take me at my word that what I'm talking about isn't some sugar-coated notion of "it feels like I'm not working because I love my work so much".