Most of my dreams at night are about work, and solving traumatic problems that I face every day. Sometimes I even wake up with coherent solutions to issues that my team has been stuck on for weeks. How do I bill those hours to the client?

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Don't think they have a charge code for "completely losing it."

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It’s the BD charge code…

The brain never sleeps eh?

Try Xanax (or equivalents)? It does the trick for me.

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Clonopin helps

I thought I was the only one

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THIS IS ME

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Xanax and wine. You won’t dream.

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Get a garmin watch and charge your time spent in REM.

Approved per project leadership.

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Good idea 👍😂 (Also, expense my Garmin watch as a business expense — because it is being used for business reasons lol)

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Time for a vacation

charge that time to the client

Happens to me too! When I go to bed ruminating on a problem, I wake with a solution the next day!

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