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<h2>Time</h2>
<p>
    I spend a lot of time thinking about... well time.
    How to use it, what it means.
    The way that we perceive and value it.
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<p>
    My opinion on it has change a lot in the last decade.
    I have slowed down.
    No longer trying to maximize every moment spent.
    Fill my days to the brim with "productive" things.
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<p>
    That results in living always being put off until later.
    And the more I thought about it and explored what others have thought/written on the topic the more that I realized that mindset does not have an end.
    There will always be more to do and another reason to put it off.
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<p>
    So I have worked to change my mindset in recent years.
    To be more mindful and take joy in how I do things as opposed to only focussing on how efficiently.
    I have discovered that the scenic route is worth it.
    Efficiency is for the things that must be done but that I don't enjoy as much in and of themselves.
    Or if I truly enjoy the more efficient method/enjoy the process of exploring that efficiency itself.
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<h3>Remote work</h3>
<p>
    An interesting aspect to time I have noticed is remote work.
    It is one of those things that feels like just upside when thinking about it.
    It then shows a few downsides when put into practice.
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<p>
    Upside obviously is that it gives significantly more freedom with my time.
    Can do stuff around the house during breaks.
    Saves commuting time, packing lunch.
    I can use my home desk setup that I have customized just the way that I like it.
    It gives the freedom to work from elsewhere if I am visiting family or otherwise traveling.
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<p>
    The downsides took some more time to become apparent.
    Which means that I did not prepare for them.
    I like to tinker and work on my own stuff.
    This website, my server, etc.
    The lack of clear division between where I do work for myself and for my employer.
    When I sat down to work on my own things it was all too easy to log onto my work laptop instead.
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<p>
    There is always a deadline coming up, or an issue to fix for our stakeholders.
    An endless amount of work to be done.
    So there wound up being some guilt around spending that time working on my own things.
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<p>
    I worked remotely, even part of the time for 2 years without being aware of how it was changing how I was relating to my space at home.
    It took a few months where I switched to working fully at the office.
    Treating it like the jobs that I have had in the past that required physical presence.
    Where work was left at work.
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<p>
    Now to work comfortably at home again I have some rules that I go by.
    Hard stop at 17 unless I am oncall.
    Leave the laptop unplugged from the docking station at my desk.
    Thre are some situations that have been exceptions, but I am acutely aware of them.
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<p>
    Keeping this balance is important and if I notice it start to slip again I will go back to fulltime at the office.
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