Working less is better

I can tell you for sure that working long hours like I have to this week is counter-productive. Now I know you know that already, but it's been proven, which I'll get to soon.

As a returning student and an ESL teacher (as well as an aspiring blogger and endeavouring translator), there is always lots to do. This week I have had my English students hand in essays and do end of term exams. My university course needs my weekly essays as well as weekly translation projects and we have just had a major assignment given out (which I won't be able to think about for a while...) (it's meant to be part-time, right?). Today I spent most of the day marking and writing reports as I knew they have to be handed out tomorrow. Plus I had a two hour study meeting with my uni peers.

If you're still here, I can tell you that I soon enough hit the wall and needed to get my mind off things for a while. You can read about what I did in the next post after this.

Now the interesting bit. After a four-year study at the Harvard Business School, it has been found that working less benefits workers in many ways. They stress predictable time off as a way to be more productive, not just raise morale.

What do freelancers think of this? Is this obvious?

Nic

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