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myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life10 months ago

Lately, I would say the last week or two, I have been very unproductive at work. This is not like me normally. I have always been a dedicated employee; stay late, go out of my way for the company type. I am not sure what's going on with me, but I just can't seem to muster the enthusiasm to do more than I have to do to get through the day. I am transferring to another office after the holiday, and I am hoping that will get me out of my funk.

Do you ever just have days, weeks, months where you just can't be bothered with work? Has something specifc caused it? How long does it last and how do you get out of it? What renews your energy and interest?

 
 
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chrislotz (4164) response was accepted on 12/30/2007.
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tags:  slacker, work, lazy, waste of space at work, mood swing
 
1. myLot reputation of 95/100. pilbara (960)   ranked 664 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

Yes I sometimes have times like that, particularly when I have been working really hard. It just seems impossible to get motivated to get back into it.

I hate not being organised, so more often than not it is stress that drives me back into working again - worry that I will fall too far behind and then have to work even harder to catch up.

One thing I try to do is to do something that relaxes me, like sitting in a spa or similar.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

That's a good idea about trying to do something relaxing. And, I am also exactly the same about disorganization. I hate it, at least at work I hate it. When things start to get too scattered I get in to work mode very fast.

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. shakeroo (2398)   ranked 254 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

I think that is pretty normal. There are times where I would be all fired up with work and there are occasions where I would just like to laze around and do something else. For as long as it does not affect anything that have to be delivered by certain due dates, i am okay.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

Yes, I agree, as long as I'm not missing deadlines and getting the things done that need to get done, I guess it's okay. It's just that I'm used to that "going the extra mile" thing. Right now I hardly care if I finish the required miles.

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3. myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7060)   ranked 734 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

Hey D,

Yeah I am like it all the time at the moment.
Why are you like that, you may ask!
I discovered wait for it




MYLOT.
I cannot drag myself away.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

LMAO! You may be right. Except I have been a member of myLot for 6 months and only in the last month or so have I started looking at discussions at work. Is it a cause or a symptom, I wonder?????? Hmmmmmm


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7060)   ranked 734 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

I think maybe it is the cause and the symptom.
It is just too addictive.

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4. myLot reputation of 95/100. xboxboy (1384)   ranked 198 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

i hate school so i do not know why i answered this!!

i think a mylot night out with certain invites would be a hoot!!

(we might want to get it sponsered!)


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

LOL....as long as this myLot night out is held in your neck of the woods, I'm all for it.

If sponsored means someone else pays for it? Yes, let's do that. Start making a list of who to invite.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7060)   ranked 734 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

I fought I faw a puddy tat sneaking up on me.

Hey when's the night out going to be.
I have to fly to D's saturday night, so I will need a night or two to recover from the wind burn I will have.


myLot reputation of 95/100. xboxboy (1384)   ranked 198 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

i think we should vote on it!!


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

Well, all of us state side have the holiday weekend next weekend, so that's out. I vote for the last weekend of this month!


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7060)   ranked 734 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

Ah Gee, I keep missing these add on comments as they do not come thru as an email B-gger.
Last weekend of the month sounds good to me.

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5. myLot reputation of 59/100. friend2friends (871)   ranked 3,098 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

I've been down that road before.

My suggestion is to get yourself a good nutrional product and replenish what the body and mind is needing. Not the over the counter vitamins. A real liquid nutrional. There are many good products on the net. Drink Act, Noni Juice, GoJi Juice and several others.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

I feel like I really just need a good kick in the arse, but I guess a drink couldn't hurt. LOL

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6. myLot reputation of 97/100. raychill (3491)   ranked 457 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

Pshaw. Last night I went to bed with a migraine. Unfortunately I woke up to that same Migraine. Worse than a coyote ugly! It was the kind that made me feel sick to my stomach and jittery. So I pretty much slacked at work together. I do that quite often actually. Well ok not really. I'd say there's at least one day a week where I barely do work, but I still do the basics that I have to do every day.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  10 months ago

I had a migraine like that a couple of weeks ago. It lasted three days, I think. Blech! You deserve to slack at work when you're feeling that crappy.

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7. myLot reputation of 89/100. mansha (4078)   ranked 3,953 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

I had to study a lot last three months and now I need to study some more, its just one months work, but I do not feel up to it and I have been avoiding it like anything. I do have time till next june to give that last paper but I still keep postponing it. Its as if my mind needs a break after all that memorising and practicing, so much so that I am reading light fiction these days which I never read usually.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  9 months ago

Wow, you have until June to turn a paper in? What is the paper for?

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8. myLot reputation of 91/100. razcal2267 (7493)   ranked 380 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

I wish that there were days that I could slack off at work. Watching children I am unable to do such a thing though. There are days where I know no matter what I can not get my butt in gear and when that happens I call in sick.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  9 months ago

If I called in sick for every day I could not get my butt in gear, Raz, I think I'd never go to work. LOL

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9. paid2review (1)   ranked 18,620 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

I had a pretty boring office job and ended up wasting my hours on the internet (had nothing else to do anyway)...

I also found that when I had work to do I was just going on the internet as a habit, although my work was pretty boring:p

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10. myLot reputation of 83/100. chrislotz (4164)   ranked 1,522 out of 26,068 in life   10 months ago

I'm not a lazy person but sometimes I just don't have the energy to work. So what you are experiencing, in my opinion, is very normal. I know just before winter, like now, I get so I don't want to do anything. I think I get depressed because I'm just not a winter person and when I'm depressed I don't want to do anything. This feeling usually passes in about 3 weeks, for me. Then I'm right back to my normal self and work very hard. I am also very dedicated to my job. I enjoy it and do my best, almost at all times.


myLot reputation of 95/100. dfn12968 (5585)   ranked 448 out of 26,068 in life  9 months ago

I am the same way, almost at all times.:) There are times when I just can't be bothered, but I like to think for the most part that I am a good and harder worker who gets the job done.

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