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You can't "just" do stuff if you don't feel like it, as this article suggests. And yet every morning, millions of people get up and go to work to do a job they
by eaurouge 13y ago
You can't "just" do stuff if you don't feel like it, as this article suggests.
And yet every morning, millions of people get up and go to work to do a job they really don't feel like doing. People still do back-breaking work just so they can put food on the table. I'm not saying it's a recipe for happiness but people have been doing stuff they don't enjoy for millennia. And even in present day, only some of us can afford to choose when, where and what to work on.
- gedrap 13y agoThis. Sometimes, I feel really guilty when I 'don't feel like working', although I know that hour worked is hour paid (working from home), and my hourly rate is the same as my dad's daily rate in a sweat shop in Lithuania. We have such a luxury and we fail to understand that.
- mynewwork 13y agoIt takes far less motivation or willpower to do manual labor than mental labor. I had multiple manual labor jobs before becoming a developer and I could do my work on the factory line even if I was tired, unhappy, apathetic, distracted or preoccupied. I find it far harder to code under those conditions.
- scott_karana 13y agoI think you're right, anecdotally. I've had the same experience.
- gravedave 13y agoBecause you don't need focus and creativity to carry shit around. Anyone can dig a ditch while not feeling like it, but very few can actually do intellectual work in the same state.