As a researcher, a good chunk of my work is literally just sitting on my ass and thinking. Or thinking while taking a walk in the park, or thinking while mindlessly chopping wood in a video game. Now with a kid, it’s kind of switched to thinking about what to do for dinner, how I can get the chores done for the day or how to organize my time so that I can fit in a few hours of work. It’s work in the sense that it’s something that needs to be done and it has an energy cost to doing. It’s also not really something you can turn off even if you wanted to.
redwattlebird@lemmings.world 1 day ago
I didn’t realise thinking about work was work.
howrar@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s a sure sign that you have a shitty work life balance.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 day ago
I was at some work dinner and talked to some guy i didn’t really know. He had a 2 year old child and said something like: “he knows that he and his wife work too much and they hardly see their child.” I gave him a look like: “that’s kinda sad.” But i think he misinterpreted it and said: “oh don’t worry, i’m not a guy who believes in WoRk LiFe BaLaNcE.” Like he was so close to say, i’m not woke or a fag, don’t worry.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
As a mechanical engineer I can’t really turn it off. It’s why I work yearly jobs and not hourly jobs. But it’s a cool job where I make things, not human drama.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 day ago
More like a shitty definition of what counts as work.