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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...
Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
Fiercely-loyal Address
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
Fiercely-loyal Address
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
Balding Sanctuary
  02/02/21
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trip mad-dog skullcap hell
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
Outnumbered Meetinghouse Hunting Ground
  02/02/21
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180 step-uncle's house voyeur
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
glassy razzle locale tattoo
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
glassy razzle locale tattoo
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
glassy razzle locale tattoo
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
razzmatazz principal's office
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
marvelous range
  02/02/21
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talking digit ratio
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  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
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  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
Aromatic nursing home
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
peach trust fund location
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
peach trust fund location
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
glassy razzle locale tattoo
  02/02/21
...
excitant startled resort
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
lilac stage selfie
  02/02/21
...
peach trust fund location
  02/02/21
...
lilac stage selfie
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
Sexy tan rehab
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
adventurous sickened boistinker
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
Maniacal Soggy Cruise Ship
  02/02/21
hype house
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  02/02/21
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lilac stage selfie
  02/02/21
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Maniacal Soggy Cruise Ship
  02/03/21
...
talking digit ratio
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
glassy razzle locale tattoo
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
peach trust fund location
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
glassy razzle locale tattoo
  02/03/21
...
Balding Sanctuary
  02/03/21
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone

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#41875683)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:45 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Address

have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone

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#41875700)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:49 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Address

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#41875716)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:08 PM
Author: Balding Sanctuary

wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:46 PM
Author: trip mad-dog skullcap hell



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Outnumbered Meetinghouse Hunting Ground

Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: 180 step-uncle's house voyeur



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:50 PM
Author: glassy razzle locale tattoo

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#41875728)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:22 PM
Author: Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone

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#41875929)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: glassy razzle locale tattoo

You don't need to put up with that.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone

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#41876582)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:27 PM
Author: glassy razzle locale tattoo

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#41876653)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:23 PM
Author: razzmatazz principal's 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#41875935)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:10 PM
Author: marvelous range

(Unabomber)

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:17 PM
Author: talking digit ratio



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: lilac stage selfie



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: talking digit ratio



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Sexy tan rehab



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:26 PM
Author: french preventive strike headpube

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#41875948)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:11 PM
Author: Aromatic nursing home

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:30 PM
Author: peach trust fund location

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#41876665)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:33 PM
Author: Beady-eyed International Law Enforcement Agency Telephone

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#41876681)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:36 PM
Author: peach trust fund location

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#41876701)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:45 PM
Author: glassy razzle locale tattoo

they're poasting.

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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:06 AM
Author: excitant startled resort



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: lilac stage selfie

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#41876785)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:51 PM
Author: peach trust fund location



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: lilac stage selfie



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Sexy tan rehab

The dignity of work is an American myth.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: adventurous sickened boistinker

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#41876791)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: Maniacal Soggy Cruise Ship

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#41876792)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Dashing half-breed

hype house

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: lilac stage selfie



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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:41 AM
Author: Maniacal Soggy Cruise Ship



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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:00 AM
Author: talking digit ratio



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: glassy razzle locale tattoo

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:56 PM
Author: peach trust fund location

(not a lawyer)

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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:10 AM
Author: glassy razzle locale tattoo

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#41876885)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:44 AM
Author: Balding Sanctuary



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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:03 AM
Author: Odious misunderstood kitty center

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4756606&forum_id=2#41877013)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 2:55 PM
Author: this is how it has to be



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