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Scheduling
#19216436 - 12/02/13 09:29 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Scheduling and time management. How do you think these affect the individual physically and psychologically? How do individuals react toward various work shifts (morn, noon, night) and what difference is there for an individual who doesn't work? What about part-time to full-time work? Retirees vs bums?
In my own life I've found that less work is better, but the dynamic works best when there is some responsibility and schedule. When I was teaching music for example I would only work for an hour or two every other day, but I was in one of my most productive stages and happiest. Without work - even when finances panned out, I was less productive and my mood suffered. In the opposite extreme I can't tolerate working overtime for more than a few weeks. Much of my lifestyle has been based around limiting work time and maximizing leisure. As far as basing my schedule on one or another shift, mid shift has been my favorite. I'm a night owl so morning shift is off, but it sucks equally to spend the quality hours at work.
Thoughts on time management?
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Honestly, with the advancements in technology, I don't think anyone should have to work 8 hours a day 5 days a week to make ends meet, it should be like half of that, unless of course you are doing something you love to do and want to spend more time doing it, but then it doesn't really seem like work.
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Re: Scheduling [Re: teknix] 1
#19216495 - 12/02/13 09:49 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Right, it's not really a lack of technology that is holding back our lives as a race of lazy slobs, it's our social structures and the fact that somebody, somewhere is gonna have to build and program the machines that do all the work, and who is gonna wanna be that guy? Each individual is too greedy to dissolve this structure until we have self-repairing, self-inventing, self-perpetuating machines.
As for work...I agree with the entire OP. Sorry I couldn't be more challenging. I realized this funny thing, which is that I'm going to die someday anyway, so there is no need to work myself there.
Schedules feel very unnatural, I have an easier time of things when I can just flow from one thought to one action to what have you. But you're right, without something pressing me at least a little bit, I tend to fall into a quicksand of laziness.
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it is good to be able to change the schedule. or to create the schedule. it becomes a responsibility, being the scheduler. you learn to rely on yourself.
otherwise it is largely about negotiation and changing plans.
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we are all dying in eternal ways which means for sure and for ever .. you should stop planning anything, it was always wrong and it would now hurt you more as it cant be but against what you have to live by force
why cant you ever see objectively, see the obvious especially when it is not about you then it is most you
you cannot apply the evil rule there, take advantage of what others are dying..seeking to enslave miserable beings by cheapest lies they could need.. it is the true end so everyone is same situation, there is no objective life anymore, no more conditions for us while we are each meant to be killed for worse
sorry but it is the fact
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Sleepwalker said: Right, it's not really a lack of technology that is holding back our lives as a race of lazy slobs, it's our social structures and the fact that somebody, somewhere is gonna have to build and program the machines that do all the work, and who is gonna wanna be that guy? Each individual is too greedy to dissolve this structure until we have self-repairing, self-inventing, self-perpetuating machines.
As for work...I agree with the entire OP. Sorry I couldn't be more challenging. I realized this funny thing, which is that I'm going to die someday anyway, so there is no need to work myself there.
Schedules feel very unnatural, I have an easier time of things when I can just flow from one thought to one action to what have you. But you're right, without something pressing me at least a little bit, I tend to fall into a quicksand of laziness.
There are people who like the challenge of programming, it's like a big puzzle to solve.
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redgreenvines said: it is good to be able to change the schedule. or to create the schedule. it becomes a responsibility, being the scheduler. you learn to rely on yourself.
otherwise it is largely about negotiation and changing plans.
I've never had complete control over my schedule, there's always some compromises somewhere based on noise ordinances or meetings at the very least, are you retired?
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Definitely agree with the issue being our social structure, even with archaic technology there doesn't seem to be a need for the majority of people to work so much. Yet society is so disorganized and our goals seem to be so externalized in material property, its hard to imagine a time when we'll catch up to our collective goals. From rappers with gold fountains to hoarders, our goals keep growing without any real satiating... absurd.
Labor jobs at least could be phased out in the foreseeable future. It would be good to see in some ways, but even with largely automatic mechanical systems for hospitals (etc) we'll always need specialists to fill in creative gaps. At least that's where my current speculation leads
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redgreenvines said: it is good to be able to change the schedule. or to create the schedule. it becomes a responsibility, being the scheduler. you learn to rely on yourself.
otherwise it is largely about negotiation and changing plans.
I've never had complete control over my schedule, there's always some compromises somewhere based on noise ordinances or meetings at the very least, are you retired?
no I am a struggling contractor. both computer software and construction... everything is a schedule for me. mostly going to job interviews or calling into telephone conferences, but it could be the plumber, the lawyer or the prototype demo. (some people think I am an artist, but that brings little cashola.)
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Technology aside...
The amount of hours I want to work are highly dependent on the actual job and my mood.
I try to find alternative ways to make money (producing drugs, writing books, managing a website about interests, having a garden and perhaps selling the veggies)
so that I have to work less. Because a job is usually the same boring thing day in and day out and I rather make something worthwhile and that brings a sense of fulfillment.
I hope I can live off my interests one day but that is probably a dream and nothing more.
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