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   Greg Wilson (gvwilson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 15:14:53 JST Greg Wilson

   Lots of "how to be 10X more productive" lists flying around. None I've seen make any mention of things like looking after children, elder care, needing to manage long-term disability, etc. "Take control of your time" feels pretty privileged to people who have to spend hours in line at a government office sorting out botched immigration paperwork or a weekend fixing leaky pipes because the landlord knows it'll take years for any complaint you make to reach a tribunal.

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     mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 15:36:07 JST mhoye

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     @gvwilson I think a lot about this underappreciated 2009 blog post, "5 Time Management Tricks I Learned From Years Of Hating Tim Ferriss", and similar posts from people who noticed that a lot of these "10x productivity hacks" boil down to "define 90% of your obligations as not-work, and when you can't, just get somebody else to do them."

     https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/08/5-time-management-tricks-i-learned-from-years-of-hating-tim-ferriss/