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The Expanding Job
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She told me that twenty years from now, she thinks work will look like waking up in the morning, opening a device, and deciding the character and length of work that you’d like to do: a quick, day’s long project, a year-long commitment, whatever works for you, the worker, in that moment. Everyone a freelancer, everyone in control of the work rhythm
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • How Our System Revenges Rest
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“ resisting the pull to work endless hours is as much about keeping ourselves able to sustainably do the work [...] as it is about leaving space in life for other sources of fulfillment.”
Guardrails on the work day — on the work week! — make it possible for you to do the work for longer . Not longer hours, but, like, longer in life . It makes passi... See more
Guardrails on the work day — on the work week! — make it possible for you to do the work for longer . Not longer hours, but, like, longer in life . It makes passi... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • When Your Profession is On Fire
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One of the truisms of modern life is that nobody has any time. Everybody is busy, burned out, swamped, overwhelmed. So let’s try a simple thought experiment. Imagine that you came into possession of a magical new set of technologies that could automate or expedite every single part of your job. What would you do with the extra time? Maybe you’d pic... See more
Derek Thompson • Three Theories for Why You Have No Time
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The structure of formal work, whether in a fast food restaurant or a law firm, has become so stressful that going freelance, either within one’s field or working in the gig economy, seems like a perfect solution.
Anne Helen Petersen • Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
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