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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...
Lake Theatre Water Buffalo
  02/02/21
have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand
cerise codepig trust fund
  02/02/21
No. Will those help? I’m serious, I need to learn how...
Lake Theatre Water Buffalo
  02/02/21
well her main novels (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged) d...
cerise codepig trust fund
  02/02/21
wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?
Ocher boyish orchestra pit factory reset button
  02/02/21
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adulterous french chapel chad
  02/02/21
Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant
Hilarious newt
  02/02/21
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Honey-headed internet-worthy area
  02/02/21
Working hard in the abstract will never motivate anyone sane...
maroon bateful box office
  02/02/21
These people treat me like a slave and expect me to self-mot...
Lake Theatre Water Buffalo
  02/02/21
You don't need to put up with that.
maroon bateful box office
  02/02/21
I need the money and have no other options, so yes, yes I do...
Lake Theatre Water Buffalo
  02/02/21
You don't need the money: you've decided to subject yourself...
maroon bateful box office
  02/02/21
we're ultimately hunter-gatherers who are meant to do 3-4 ho...
multi-colored shivering laser beams sweet tailpipe
  02/02/21
(Unabomber)
walnut stead
  02/02/21
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Angry cerebral messiness step-uncle's house
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emerald temple
  02/02/21
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Angry cerebral messiness step-uncle's house
  02/02/21
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rebellious pearly institution
  02/02/21
sleep in your car for 2 weeks and live on $10 a day. that wi...
Aqua multi-billionaire
  02/02/21
I’m inhouse and it’s insane how little work I do
purple swollen really tough guy mental disorder
  02/02/21
It's exceptionally hard when you're a lawyer. At least for m...
beta athletic conference
  02/02/21
The hardest, most tedious work just stays on your desk for a...
Lake Theatre Water Buffalo
  02/02/21
I know lawyers who come in, close their office door, and gri...
beta athletic conference
  02/02/21
they're poasting.
maroon bateful box office
  02/02/21
...
garnet elastic band
  02/03/21
There are people like that in society. It's better you acce...
emerald temple
  02/02/21
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beta athletic conference
  02/02/21
...
emerald temple
  02/02/21
The dignity of work is an American myth.
rebellious pearly institution
  02/02/21
you are simply realizing that the protestant work ethic is a...
spruce range
  02/02/21
If you have to work to keep living in the office you'll bust...
scarlet tantric rigor
  02/02/21
hype house
Canary Indirect Expression
  02/02/21
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emerald temple
  02/02/21
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scarlet tantric rigor
  02/03/21
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Angry cerebral messiness step-uncle's house
  02/03/21
Also, you're burnt out. Take a break.
maroon bateful box office
  02/02/21
(not a lawyer)
beta athletic conference
  02/02/21
False. I know he won't take my advice, but it really is poss...
maroon bateful box office
  02/03/21
...
Ocher boyish orchestra pit factory reset button
  02/03/21
aderall+lunesta (repeat every day for the rest of your life)
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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:44 PM
Author: Lake Theatre Water Buffalo

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=2Elisa#41875683)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:45 PM
Author: cerise codepig trust fund

have you ever read the novels of Miss Ayn Rand

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: Lake Theatre Water Buffalo

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=2Elisa#41875700)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:49 PM
Author: cerise codepig trust fund

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=2Elisa#41875716)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:08 PM
Author: Ocher boyish orchestra pit factory reset button

wtf. you decided to create your own irrelevant subthread?

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:46 PM
Author: adulterous french chapel chad



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: Hilarious newt

Shut the fuck up faggot. It's relevant

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: Honey-headed internet-worthy area



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 8:50 PM
Author: maroon bateful box office

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=2Elisa#41875728)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:22 PM
Author: Lake Theatre Water Buffalo

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=2Elisa#41875929)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: maroon bateful box office

You don't need to put up with that.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: Lake Theatre Water Buffalo

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=2Elisa#41876582)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:27 PM
Author: maroon bateful box office

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=2Elisa#41876653)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:23 PM
Author: multi-colored shivering laser beams sweet tailpipe

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=2Elisa#41875935)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:10 PM
Author: walnut stead

(Unabomber)

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:17 PM
Author: Angry cerebral messiness step-uncle's house



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: emerald temple



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:16 PM
Author: Angry cerebral messiness step-uncle's house



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: rebellious pearly institution



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 9:26 PM
Author: Aqua multi-billionaire

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=2Elisa#41875948)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:11 PM
Author: purple swollen really tough guy mental disorder

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:30 PM
Author: beta athletic conference

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=2Elisa#41876665)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:33 PM
Author: Lake Theatre Water Buffalo

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=2Elisa#41876681)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:36 PM
Author: beta athletic conference

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=2Elisa#41876701)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:45 PM
Author: maroon bateful box office

they're poasting.

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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:06 AM
Author: garnet elastic band



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:49 PM
Author: emerald temple

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=2Elisa#41876785)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:51 PM
Author: beta athletic conference



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:48 PM
Author: emerald temple



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:47 PM
Author: rebellious pearly institution

The dignity of work is an American myth.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: spruce range

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=2Elisa#41876791)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:50 PM
Author: scarlet tantric rigor

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=2Elisa#41876792)



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: Canary Indirect Expression

hype house

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: emerald temple



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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:41 AM
Author: scarlet tantric rigor



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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:00 AM
Author: Angry cerebral messiness step-uncle's house



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:52 PM
Author: maroon bateful box office

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2021 11:56 PM
Author: beta athletic conference

(not a lawyer)

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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:10 AM
Author: maroon bateful box office

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=2Elisa#41876885)



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 12:44 AM
Author: Ocher boyish orchestra pit factory reset button



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



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Date: February 3rd, 2021 1:03 AM
Author: Godawful cobalt famous landscape painting

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

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



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Date: January 25th, 2026 2:55 PM
Author: Goy Cattle



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