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If you're good at what you do...
> You can slack off and still seem like you're working hard,
> and when crunch time comes you're not stressed because you
> have room to tighten up the slack.
>
> ...I never said this...

Why not? It's *excellent* advice!

I was close to the "quivering jelly" state, dealing with responsibilities and the perennial cash shortage. happy Then my son gave me advice just like yours - "dad, you don't have to reply *right-away", instead draw it out so it seems like it's really tough and you had to go thru hell to get the solution, else the clueless masses will think it's 'no sweat' for you."

And no, i don't have OSA, i'm often just plain dead-tired. OTOH, i do experience some nights when i can't get to sleep because i worry too much about a particular pending issue. My solution - don't worry about insomnia. Rather, when you can't get to sleep anyway, get up out of bed and go to the computer and do even *more* useful work. Yeah, i know ... great for productivity, but hell on your nerves, physical well-being and psyche. happy

OC-me,

Winthrop Yu
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