A middle-class trait I can’t shake off is slight guilt about playing with no-practical-value ideas during “work hours”, like reading a philosophy book 9-5 on a weekday.
Feels like playing hooky. One reason I blog is to manufacture practical justification. “It’s for a post”
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How much better off would a business be if the employees were allowed an hour of self study each day instead of just pretending to work?
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“Allowed”, “study”, “one hour”... man you’re so deeply trapped I feel totally free now 😂
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Protestant ethic is merely the western variant. The Asian versions are if anything more oppressive.
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I totally feel the same way. Even though I have 100% control over my time, when 5 o'clock hits, I finally feel guilt free for reading or doing non work stuff
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This is so spot on. Have heard people also frame it as feeling like they are “cheating” on work in the traditional relationship sense.
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Totally. I think we need a support group. Ironically, I don't suffer this at all for recreation activities, probably because that mentally maps to PTO. But I feel it for anything work-ish that won't earn.
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