i work a lot

The title of this article: “to work better, work less” is pretty self-explanatory, it talks about how the time you spend working relates to the quality of the work you do; also the productive you are in between those hours. I personally liked Parkinson’s Law which states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion; if one wants to get the work done fast, and get tired quickly, one needs to realize that even if they finish early, they still need to cover the same amount of hours finding something extra to do, this is why, one should work less and work better. In my case, when I am at work, I already know the tasks I have to complete in certain amount of hours, it is my decision to choose a working rate. On the weekends, I work 8 hours shifts, from 1 pm to 7 pm, I start with a lot of energy, but after doing the same thing over and over I get tired and the only thing I have in my mind, is leaving the place and go home and rest.

The article also emphasizes the big percentage of people who overwork shifts without a necessity, and the reasonable explanation for this, is that they feel lost without the structure of work to support their daily lives. This in when one chooses work over everything else, and it is understandable if one really loves their job, and don’t mind spending hours after hours on it, but we also have to make sure that we are doing the best on it and being productive, because when one person spends more than 48 hours a week working, they start causing errors, as professor Anders Ericsson states.