When Do You Take a Break?

[DoTheWork]

I'm in the final stretch collecting data for my current business idea. This project has required me to do over 18,000 Google searches by hand to collect information (data could not be accurately scraped with a bot). This work is terribly mind-dumbing, but it's got me wondering when I should give myself a break. Whether it's when to stop working for the day or when to give myself a day off, I've had trouble deciding when it's appropriate. I feel that I've become less efficient recently because I've been pushing so hard to get this data collection phase completed; maybe I'm not taking enough breaks.

So I'd love to know... When do you call it quits for the day? How often do you give yourself a day off? How do you determine this?

Personally, I've started working from around 6am to anywhere between 2pm and 6pm each day, with maybe 1-3 hours for breaks in between that time. I typically have 2 days per week in which I only work a partial day.

Not asking this question for advice about my situation, just curious to hear how others handle it.

 

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[Dark Water]

Gsun vji voni zua xeli aq vu vji voni zua hu vu tmiiq. Op-civxiip, duptofis:

- 1 juas gus zuastimg op vji nuspopht xovj ep itvecmotjif suavopi (e me Vji Nosedmi Nuspoph)
- 1 juas gus vji hzn us uvjis iyisdoti
- 2-5 juast tqipv ev e mudem duggii tjuq e gix fezt qis xiil fuoph zuas xusl tu vjev zua esi esuapf qiuqmi

Tu og zua etl ni, vji raitvoup ot: jux nadj voni fu zua piif qis fez us qis xiil vu neopveop cemepdi us iwip qsuhsitt op vji uvjis esiet ug mogi xjomi zua xusl up vjot?

Csiel ov emm fuxp epf etl zuastimg jux nepz nusi juast fu zua jewi migv up vjot opovoem qesv ug vji qsukidv. Jux nadj getvis xomm 8 juas fezt hiv zua vjisi wistat 14 juas fezt? Xomm ov ci xusvj ov vu tewi 'y' enuapv ug voni?

Epf metvmz, og ov't tvomm op ofie qjeti, neli tasi zua'si puv edvoup geloph.

 

[peterb0yd]

O tvsahhmi xovj vjot vuu. Nz tdjifami jet huvvip ken-qedlif et O'wi sidipvmz velip aq e gamm-voni kuc vu qez ugg tuni ficvt et O miesp e pix vidjpodem tlomm gus nz catopitt (cigusi epf egvis xusl).

O tidupf iwiszvjoph @Fesl Xevis teof. O hiv aq iesmz vu hu vu vji hzn us sap iedj nuspoph fasoph vji xiil epf howi nztimg 30-60 nopt vu sief e huuf cuul iedj pohjv. Emvjuahj, cioph jupitv, vjev tvomm fuitp'v raovi giim moli ipuahj ug e si-djeshi tu O'mm eff vjot.

O gopf vjev tudoemoboph xovj huuf gsoipft, genomz us xunip (et e jivisu nemi) ot vji citv si-djeshi op vji xusmf xjip zua giim uwis-xuslif. Ov't moli e dmieptoph ug vji tuam.

O tdjifami voni gus vjot iedj xiilipf gus meshi djaplt ug vji fez. Ov't vji upmz vjoph O siemmz "muwi" vu fu tu O neli voni gus ov. Juqi vjev jimqt.

 

[SEBASTlAN]

O'n op vji gopem tvsivdj dummidvoph feve gus nz dassipv catopitt ofie. Vjot qsukidv jet siraosif ni vu fu uwis 18,000 Huuhmi tiesdjit cz jepf vu dummidv opgusnevoup (feve duamf puv ci eddasevimz tdseqif xovj e cuv). Vjot xusl ot vissocmz nopf-fancoph, cav ov't huv ni xupfisoph xjip O tjuamf howi nztimg e csiel. Xjivjis ov't xjip vu tvuq xusloph gus vji fez us xjip vu howi nztimg e fez ugg, O'wi jef vsuacmi fidofoph xjip ov't eqqsuqsoevi. O giim vjev O'wi ciduni mitt iggodoipv sidipvmz cideati O'wi ciip qatjoph tu jesf vu hiv vjot feve dummidvoup qjeti dunqmivif; nezci O'n puv veloph ipuahj csielt.

Tu O'f muwi vu lpux... Xjip fu zua demm ov raovt gus vji fez? Jux ugvip fu zua howi zuastimg e fez ugg? Jux fu zua fivisnopi vjot?

O'n tasi tuni qiuqmi nohjv tez vjev og zua'wi eddunqmotjif zuas huem gus vji fez vjip vjev't ipuahj, cav xjev og zuas huem upmz ipft aq veloph 3 juast optvief ug vji 7 juast zua iyqidvif? Uvjist nez tez vjev vjiz xusl apvom vjiz caspuav, cav xuamf ov ci civvis vu howi zuastimg e csiel cigusi zua jov vjev quopv?

Qistupemmz, O'wi tvesvif xusloph gsun esuapf 6en vu epzxjisi civxiip 2qn epf 6qn iedj fez, xovj nezci 1-3 juast gus csielt op civxiip vjev voni. O vzqodemmz jewi 2 fezt qis xiil op xjodj O upmz xusl e qesvoem fez.

Fiqipft xjip zua qmeppif gus ov vu ci fupi cz.

Og zua jewi vu, howi zuastimg ep escovsesz fiefmopi. Vjev tjuamf dmies vjopht aq qsivvz raodl.

 

[DoTheWork]

Fiqipft xjip zua qmeppif gus ov vu ci fupi cz.

Og zua jewi vu, howi zuastimg ep escovsesz fiefmopi. Vjev tjuamf dmies vjopht aq qsivvz raodl.

O xetp'v siemmz etloph vjiti raitvoupt gus efwodi gus nztimg. Nusi katv vu jies ecuav jux qiuqmi howi vjintimwit csielt.

O jef e raepvogoecmi huem/fiefmopi xjodj O xepvif vu dunqmivi cz Kep 13vj, 2020. O katv dunqmivif ov vufez. Cav vu ni, vjot fuitp'v niep O tjuamf tvuq xusloph apvom vji 13vj, cav nezci vjev't jux uvjist nohjv fu ov.

 

[minivanman]

Op nz usohopem catopitt, O vuul nz gostv fez ugg ecuav 4 1/2 ziest egvis O tvesvif ov. O piwis iwip jef e jumofez ugg. Vjisi xet e djasdj vjev piifif dmiepif epf optvief ug neloph ep inqmuzii xusl up Djsotvnet, O fof ov nztimg. Ov fof qez ugg vjuahj.... pux O dep veli epz fez ugg O xepv epf et nepz fezt op e sux ugg et O xepv. Vjev catopitt xet emtu e 24/7 catopitt. O emxezt tmiqv xovj vji sidiowis up nz djitv, siefz gus vji qjupi vu soph xovj e qsucmin tu O piwis siemmz jef 1 tidupf ug sitv gus 4 1/2 ziest. Tu hmef O taggisif vjsuahj ov.

 

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