I can never seem to stay motivated on Friday afternoons. I could finish the remainder of my work for today in 2 hours yet I’ll end up working well past 5 cuz I can’t bring myself to do it. Any tips?

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Schedule a date for 5:30PM. You’ll get your work done then

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Just work for 5 minutes right now. See where that gets you .

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Who schedules work for Friday

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A1, it’s usually mostly internal work or client things that help make the next week easier. As a result there isn’t usually any deadline to get it done which is why I have the procrastination problem

Yeah, def happened to me today!

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Hi Everyone,

Looking for a job change. I have an experience of 2.9 years in IT industry.
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