72 lines
3.1 KiB
HTML
72 lines
3.1 KiB
HTML
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{% extends "base.html" %}
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Time</h2>
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<p>
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I spend a lot of time thinking about... well time.
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How to use it, what it means.
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The way that we perceive and value it.
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</p>
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<p>
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My opinion on it has change a lot in the last decade.
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I have slowed down.
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No longer trying to maximize every moment spent.
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Fill my days to the brim with "productive" things.
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</p>
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That results in living always being put off until later.
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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.
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There will always be more to do and another reason to put it off.
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</p>
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<p>
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So I have worked to change my mindset in recent years.
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To be more mindful and take joy in how I do things as opposed to only focussing on how efficiently.
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I have discovered that the scenic route is worth it.
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Efficiency is for the things that must be done but that I don't enjoy as much in and of themselves.
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Or if I truly enjoy the more efficient method/enjoy the process of exploring that efficiency itself.
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</p>
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<h3>Remote work</h3>
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<p>
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An interesting aspect to time I have noticed is remote work.
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It is one of those things that feels like just upside when thinking about it.
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It then shows a few downsides when put into practice.
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</p>
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Upside obviously is that it gives significantly more freedom with my time.
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Can do stuff around the house during breaks.
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Saves commuting time, packing lunch.
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I can use my home desk setup that I have customized just the way that I like it.
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It gives the freedom to work from elsewhere if I am visiting family or otherwise traveling.
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</p>
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<p>
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The downsides took some more time to become apparent.
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Which means that I did not prepare for them.
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I like to tinker and work on my own stuff.
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This website, my server, etc.
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The lack of clear division between where I do work for myself and for my employer.
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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>
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There is always a deadline coming up, or an issue to fix for our stakeholders.
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An endless amount of work to be done.
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So there wound up being some guilt around spending that time working on my own things.
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</p>
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<p>
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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.
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It took a few months where I switched to working fully at the office.
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Treating it like the jobs that I have had in the past that required physical presence.
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Where work was left at work.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now to work comfortably at home again I have some rules that I go by.
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Hard stop at 17 unless I am oncall.
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Leave the laptop unplugged from the docking station at my desk.
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Thre are some situations that have been exceptions, but I am acutely aware of them.
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</p>
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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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</p>
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{% endblock %}
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