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"Comparison is the thief of joy"
-Theodore Roosevelt
This quote rings true in several areas of my life, but I'm getting hung up in one specific case, and could really use some help by the members on here.
This is Comparing work hours to other people.
Why?
As a background, I have never held a full-time job. It was always part-time, working on the business during downtime (I used to be a tech support guy, so business was built at my desk) plus hustles on the side after-hours. Last year was difficult doing this moving out for the first time, but over the course of ~3 months, I've basically reached the income level I was making before leaving the previous job.
With that being said, the #1 problem is never knowing what bleed-your-eyes-out work hours are really like on someone else's clock. Sure, I put in '12-16 hour days' once every other week, but not the 'work at Applebee's until 3am' kind of work so common among my peers.
This leads to a double-edged sword feeling of...
A: Feeling like garbage for not working long/hard enough, even on semi-productive days, and
B: Getting pissed for not work longer/harder on extremely productive days.
Usually stopped by exhaustion.
In all honesty,
I only truly execute ~20 Hours on a bad week, and ~35 Hours on a good week.
Here are the stats from Harvest...
This week (not done yet):
Last Week:
Week Before:
The goal is to consistently execute 35-40 hours weekly on meaningful tasks, and I'm working on squeezing more juice out of each day. Thankfully, these times are only recorded when I actually sit down and do the work with intense focus.
In the meantime while getting there however, I sometimes get hung up when someone mentions "x guy who works at Wal-Mart 9am-4pm and then Applebees 5pm-12am." In that moment I immediately think "Shit, why am I not working that hard?!"
I'm F*cking terrified of becoming @LordPhenny
Is there anyone else that struggles with this?
If so, what did you do to get over this mental block?
Just suck it up and work harder?
-Theodore Roosevelt
This quote rings true in several areas of my life, but I'm getting hung up in one specific case, and could really use some help by the members on here.
This is Comparing work hours to other people.
Why?
As a background, I have never held a full-time job. It was always part-time, working on the business during downtime (I used to be a tech support guy, so business was built at my desk) plus hustles on the side after-hours. Last year was difficult doing this moving out for the first time, but over the course of ~3 months, I've basically reached the income level I was making before leaving the previous job.
With that being said, the #1 problem is never knowing what bleed-your-eyes-out work hours are really like on someone else's clock. Sure, I put in '12-16 hour days' once every other week, but not the 'work at Applebee's until 3am' kind of work so common among my peers.
This leads to a double-edged sword feeling of...
A: Feeling like garbage for not working long/hard enough, even on semi-productive days, and
B: Getting pissed for not work longer/harder on extremely productive days.
Usually stopped by exhaustion.
In all honesty,
I only truly execute ~20 Hours on a bad week, and ~35 Hours on a good week.
Here are the stats from Harvest...
This week (not done yet):
Last Week:
Week Before:
The goal is to consistently execute 35-40 hours weekly on meaningful tasks, and I'm working on squeezing more juice out of each day. Thankfully, these times are only recorded when I actually sit down and do the work with intense focus.
In the meantime while getting there however, I sometimes get hung up when someone mentions "x guy who works at Wal-Mart 9am-4pm and then Applebees 5pm-12am." In that moment I immediately think "Shit, why am I not working that hard?!"
I'm F*cking terrified of becoming @LordPhenny
Is there anyone else that struggles with this?
If so, what did you do to get over this mental block?
Just suck it up and work harder?
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