Photuris
I have a salaried job where I have some flexibility with my schedule.
I’d given myself a “four day workweek” a few times before, on the down low, just because I had life stuff to attend to, so I needed an extra day - a weekday - to attend to it, but I didn’t want to take PTO for it, if I could get the same amount of work done in that time.
I would intend to work 4 10 hour days. That was my plan.
But, realistically, they would be 9 hour days on Monday, and 8 hour days by Thursday.
So really, I was more or less just taking an extra day off.
Y’know what? Those were, by far, my most productive weeks I’ve ever had!
I can’t explain it. But I always get more done when I work 4 days than when I work 5.
Maybe it’s because I hustle better when I know I have a smaller window in which to work. Or maybe I work better when I have a “3 day weekend” to look forward to (even if I’m not relaxing or doing fun stuff on those days).
I don’t know. But it 100% works.
So I do this as much as I can “get away” with now. It’s not slacking, because it makes me better at my job. It’s the opposite of slacking, more like optimization. But it wouldn’t necessarily be seen that way by my employer.
I dunno, man.
All I know is that open-mindedness is far less common than I’d once assumed.
And there are those people who aren’t actually interested in truth, but are instead interested in “winning,” because they see every conversation as a power struggle, with a winner and a loser (and as such, language is merely a tool to be wielded for gaining and maintaining social power, not actually finding out things for their own sake). Part of that game can include pretending to be curious and interested in truth, because of the positive image that can project for them.
When those of us who are actually curious about the world interact with one of these types, it can be quite a confusing and frustrating experience if we don’t know what we’re dealing with.
No stereo is a bit spartan, but definitely a move in the right direction regardless. I want one.
Anon has never heard of lamps, either.
Cool, I’m done with Perplexity.
This lady has been divorced twice.
Not that I otherwise care. Do what you want with your life and relationships - life is complex and difficult at times. Not every relationship works out, sadly.
But for a twice-divorced lady to tell women to “submit to men,” it sounds like she herself has a problem keeping her trap shut and submitting to a man. The hypocrisy is so thick here you can cut it with a knife.
Rules for thee but not for me.