Yesterday I was out of the office looking at another project, which mostly involved chatting to people and trying to work out ways to do things etc.

Things like that really don't feel like work to me, so I get this weird guilty feeling like I haven't achieved anything or done any work for a day. In actual fact I've probably done things that are more important than my daily grind.

Anyone else know what I mean?... An in-built feeling that work is not something you're supposed to enjoy, so when you do, you feel like you're doing it wrong.

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Nope, you spend too much time at work for it to be something you don't enjoy.

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I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

If you don't enjoy work that's like a third of your life wasted. More like half since you need sleep too.

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JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

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I feel your pain

Bit of a lull at the minute at work so I'm invoicing a small fortune every week just to surf the internet

They cannot afford to loose people at the minute there is so much work around.

Mito Man said...

If you don't enjoy work that's like a third of your life wasted. More like half since you need sleep too.

please let us know how this is going in 10 years time mitoboy...

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JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

Try my job I do nothing 99% or the time it's great

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Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

Try my job I do nothing 99% or the time it's great

I know, my mate does it. Living the dream.

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Mito Man said...

If you don't enjoy work that's like a third of your life wasted. More like half since you need sleep too.

If you enjoy your work then count yourself very lucky....

duncs500 said...

Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

Try my job I do nothing 99% or the time it's great

I know, my mate does it. Living the dream.

Where are you based?

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duncs500 said...

duncs500 said...

Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

Try my job I do nothing 99% or the time it's great

I know, my mate does it. Living the dream.

Where are you based?

I work in a Shipyard in north west Cumbria (Industrial Fire Fighting)

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Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

duncs500 said...

Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

Try my job I do nothing 99% or the time it's great

I know, my mate does it. Living the dream.

Where are you based?

I work in a Shipyard in north west Cumbria (Industrial Fire Fighting)

The most awesume shipyard evar no less

Or massive recognition for sod all work

Flewy said...

Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

duncs500 said...

Sammyturbo said...

duncs500 said...

JL said...

I know exactly what you mean - if you're not at your desk smacking away on the keyboard, it feels like you're skiving. Driving to and from sites, for example.

Oddly, as long as I'm typing something - like this - I don't feel guilty

Yep, same.

MTFU is correct though Sammy, it's not major, just bothers me sometimes that I get home and in my subconscious I've not done anything, and I have to consciously remind myself that actually while enjoyable, the things I did still had significant value.

Try my job I do nothing 99% or the time it's great

I know, my mate does it. Living the dream.

Where are you based?

I work in a Shipyard in north west Cumbria (Industrial Fire Fighting)

The most awesume shipyard evar no less

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Ah, he's just a regular fire fighter in Manchester. So you're probably even less busy than him! At least you don't have to deal with scrotes setting cars on fire just so they can throw stones at the fire fighters.

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