tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204590.post5034973875132737772..comments2023-06-09T21:55:21.770+10:00Comments on <a href="https://effingtheineffable.blogspot.com.au/">effing the ineffable</a>: scatteredfishboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861785707797227077noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204590.post-41422614511102774402010-04-24T23:28:12.622+10:002010-04-24T23:28:12.622+10:00If you can use your work time to do your work then...If you can use your work time to do your work then you're in the ideal situation - when I've been employed in the past then I always found I could actually whizz through what my employers wanted from me in about a 1/3 to 2/3 of the time they'd actually allocated, leaving the rest of the time free to pursue my own stuff. Coincidentally it always made me way better at the actual job I was being paid to do as I didn't waste time hating it!helenahttp://www.hendrixcat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204590.post-34293776458531797342010-04-22T15:17:10.109+10:002010-04-22T15:17:10.109+10:00I think you're on to something there helena: I...I think you're on to something there helena: I work for the government and as such my day is pretty free-form, I can get away with spending quite a bit of time on my cv rather than actually doing work. And no-one will notice. Which is one of the reasons I want a new job.<br /><br />I think you're right about the 'time away from work time'. I have to keep that as non-work orientated. I know there are people in this world who are entrepreneurial and always looking for opportunity and thinking about furthering their professional lives even when not 'at the office'. I am not one of those people - time spent at work is time grudgingly given, time away from work is jealously guarded from incursions.fishboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861785707797227077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204590.post-46617971767653052182010-04-17T01:46:30.282+10:002010-04-17T01:46:30.282+10:00Ah I love the Dirk Gently Books! What a great way ...Ah I love the Dirk Gently Books! What a great way to spend the afternoon!<br /><br />Re lack of interest in your professional life, speaking as someone who's just taken a four hour lunchbreak in order to finish a (not even that good) book simply because for the first time in ages the sun was shining into the back yard & quite frankly sitting on the doorstep reading even a badly written book was infinitely more preferable than finishing writing my business profile for a local gov. business agency even though doing so would (hopefully) bring me some cash to add plants to aforementioned yard.I think I get where you're coming from. <br /><br />Perhaps because you feel that you need to use your time away from work to do all the CV updating, networking etc that's why you dont' want to do it. Time away from work is time away from work & all that stuff above falls squarely into work mode. Is there anyway you can divide up your worktime to take account of that stuff?<br /><br />(Bit difficult commenting on it as I'm not sure what you do & I know it's easier to adjust hours if you're self-employed or have a less regimented job but even in a job where you're every moment is being watched by a beady eyed boss you can get loads done on a CV (for example) in a couple of lunch hours (if you find the right cafe/park etc...and somehow having a regimented time to have something completed in means that you just get it done rather than spend hours agonising over it (like this bloody company profile I'm meant to be writing).helenahttp://www.hendrixcat.comnoreply@blogger.com