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Daria: Let's see if I've got this straight. The editors didn't like my story, they don't want to publish it, but they do look forward to rejecting me in the future. And that's GOOD.

Tom: Congratulations!

Daria: It's great to be a writer.

- from The Story of D

Reading an article on "The busiest employees are not always the best". Quote:

"We think of productivity as the ability to do more with less, and that's really a short-term solution to being productive," said Rachna Jain, a licensed psychologist and job coach based in Bethesda, Md. "To be productive, you need adequate reserves and adequate resources to get your job done."

I think this one of the biggest differences between college and work. In college, you have a set span of time for the quarter. Some classes can be completed in 2 or 4 weeks. You can manage a heavier workload for a short amount of time. You also know you'll have some time between quarters to recoup - and you can schedule moving, weddings, and so on in between. Your working life, however, lasts for years. That's a lot longer of a journey with much less time off.

Organization of time, emotions and duties is critical for a productive life, experts say. When people can't balance their personal and professional lives, one side can suffer, whether it's neglecting family or friends, or letting personal problems affect work performance.

This one ruffles my "I am more than my work" feathers. But if I am more than my work, then I need to live in such a way that I am accomplishing what I want in each part of my life.