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Work 5 hour per day. Do chores rest of the time.
You got a lot of wage slave conditioning to work through
Yeah I have guilt in amy job that im not working hard enough ha. Murica!
You made it out of the bad working conditions, use this free time to fix your mental health.
It is a privilege, dont waste it.
Bad times might come back any day.
Honestly I used to get this, now I just focus on what tangible deliverables I have and if I’m getting them done in a timely manner. If I am, I take whatever time I need away from work.
I also like working flexible hours. Sometimes meetings bog me down and I have trouble constantly context switching (there’s something called a context switching cognitive penalty). So on those days I’ll relax in between meetings (other than some minor maintenance and meeting prep work), and then I’ll get some work done after hours when I’m feeling more focused and won’t be interrupted. Though this may not be possible for everyone with family obligations.
Finally, find some fun projects to do at work in between other obligations. Doesn’t have to be some major thing, but sometimes I’ll find an opportunity to develop minor tooling to help myself or my team. I try to find things that will also develop my own skillset.
Bonus is that a lot of my side projects get brought up during my performance review.
The above makes it sound like I work way more than 40 hours a week, I definitely do not lol. But doing things at my own pace lets me get all my work done and then some, and I have a work life balance.